Water utility concessions

The Western Australian Council of Social Service (WACOSS) is calling on the State Government to do more to help people on low incomes pay their utility bills, the ABC reports. The council is releasing a report today that shows the cost of utilities in WA has risen by 24 per cent in the past five years and will climb to 35 per cent by 2013. The service's chief executive, Sue Ash, says the Government needs to invest more in programs that help people pay their utility bills if they are at risk of disconnection. What's true for WA applies around the Commonwealth.