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ACT Government introduces $40-a-day in discounts to encourage spending on Canberra businesses
Vouchers worth up to $40 a day will be handed out to Canberrans in the weeks before Christmas, in a bid by the ACT Government to boost spending at local businesses during the coronavirus recession.
In two weeks, the ACT Government will begin giving customers five digital discount vouchers of varying value to spend at participating businesses, which will renew each day.
The program is part of an initial trial running between December 9 and December 21, or until the $500,000 allocated to the program is used up.
Here’s how it works.
How do I get my discount?
From today, anyone over 18 can sign up on the ChooseCBR website. As businesses sign up they’ll start appearing on a registry of participating merchants.
Then, from December 9 you’ll be given…
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