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The final weeks of school holidays may not feel like much of a holiday for parents rushing around making sure kids have everything they need.
And for some, the cost of back-to-school necessities like stationery and uniforms can be overwhelming, with massive disparities between what different schools require.
But some schools and organisations are helping to alleviate this burden where they can.
Checkpoint's Tom Taylor reports.