Families In Debt For Utilities

The Australian
THE working poor are struggling to pay utility bills, as soaring power and water prices plunge households into debt.

Australians are lodging complaints at the record rate of 40 each working hour with the referees of last resort -- the nation's utility ombudsmen.

Complaints doubled in Western Australia, jumped 43 per cent in NSW and 10 per cent in Victoria last financial year.
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