Food handouts increasing with skyrocketing power bills in South Australia

Food handouts increasing with skyrocketing power bills in South Australia - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"The number of South Australians requiring assistance to access food has increased by 21 per cent over the past year, a charity says, with electricity prices largely to blame.

The latest report by charity Foodbank SA indicates more than 102,000 South Australians needed help to get food in the past year, compared with 85,000 the previous year.

Foodbank SA chief executive officer Greg Pattinson said the figure was the worst the organisation had seen and was largely attributed to rising electricity prices, although job losses and a lack of employment opportunities were also contributing factors."

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