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Post by Banker on Mar 20, 2011 16:04:38 GMT 7
A seniors' group in Western Australia's goldfields says budgets are getting tighter for local pensioners after electricity price rises. The Goldfields Aged Pensioner Welfare Association says it provided more than 600 small financial grants to local pensioners facing financial hardship last year. The group says each year the numbers are rising. The Government will hold a community meeting in Esperance today to discuss the impact of rising power prices in the region. Pensioner advocate Jack Tinetti says he would like to see the meeting address rises in other fuel prices as well. "It's not only electricity. Firewood is a shocking price and so is gas," he said. "The majority claim for electricity and then gas runs second. The pension rises aren't keeping up with cost of living. Nowhere near [it]." abc.com.au/news/stories/2011/03/18/3167523.htm?site=goldfields
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2011 16:36:53 GMT 7
I used to live in Kalgoorlie many years ago.
The prices for everything was than Perth even in those day.
So it must be tough now in the region.
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Post by Banjo on Mar 20, 2011 18:20:19 GMT 7
How do the prices down Hay Street compare these days?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2011 9:11:03 GMT 7
That would be interesting Inflation since 1971, when i used to live there.
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