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David

12 Oct 2011

David

At the present time I earn $16 an hour and to live on that is very hard. Because when I get my pay, three quarters of it goes direct on my rent. That is a massive chunk. I pay $750 a fortnight. Now with increasing electricity prices, food prices, and day to day living is a struggle.

I have $220 left out of my pay to buy food, pay my electricity bills and get to work and its unbelievable the things to go through to make ends meet. In the long term I could not pay my bills and I ended up having to go bankrupt because of it.

In the last 18 months I haven't even bought a pair of shoes. I have had to borrow money and lucky enough its family and they understand that when I can pay it back they will get it back.
It's a daily struggle for everybody; this is not just my story but everybody's story in cleaning retail industry. It's so hard. We can't live on what we are earning, no one can.

David - Blacktown

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