'It's definitely a luxury to turn on a heater or something.' 9News
It's not that she likes the chill, there's just no room in her stretched monthly budget for growing energy bills.
She could stay in bed, taking refuge under the duvet, but Maree is working three jobs, sometimes clocking up 70 hours each week, so there's not a lot of time for lying around. Toughing out the freeze isn't the only extraordinary action Maree has begun to adopt as normal to try and make ends meet each month.a local cafe gives away.She should avoid eating foods containing gluten but that's a line she's now crossing.
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