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Young workers love this unusual money-saving trend. I can see why

Victoria Devine Money columnist September 7, 2025 — 5.01am Advertisement

By now, we’re all familiar with gap years, where newly graduated high schoolers take some well-deserved time off before heading back to further study or stepping onto the career ladder.

In more recent times, we’ve even seen adults embrace the idea, hitting pause on their careers to go travelling and enjoy some time without endless emails, back-to-back meetings and long days behind a computer screen.

What many people haven’t heard of, though, is another trend becoming increasingly popular among younger Australians, and that’s the financial gap year.

City dwellers have been considering a

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