Electricity and gas bills racking up for consumers after COVID recession hit
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Hamed Allahyari runs a Persian cafe in the outer-western Melbourne suburb of Sunshine.
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Small business debt to energy retailers has increased by 22 per cent and residential debts by 32 per cent
The total debt owed is around $200 million
From August to March this year, 10, 000 customers across New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and the territories were cut off from power
Some days are better than others but, overall, his takings are down by about half compared to life before COVID-19.