Pensioner Suzanne Cass finds making ends meet so difficult that she rations her food and limits leaving her home.
For Tasmanian pensioner Suzanne Cass, making ends meet is so difficult that she rations her food and limits leaving her home.The Tasmanian Council of Social Services says the increase comes at the worst time for people already struggling to make ends meet
"We don't put heating on until four or five o'clock, so the house is quite cold all day, and you go to bed early because you just can't afford the heating." "We're in the midst of a very severe Tasmanian winter and, added to that, we've got skyrocketing costs — of food, of housing, of petrol — that are really pushing households' budgets to their limit," she said.
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