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How the rising cost of living is squeezing budgets and changing lives across Australia

Tambikos Driss and his daughter Grace sleep all year round in the tropical heat of the Northern Territory, besides large industrial fans to save on power.

The single father now limits the days he uses the washing machine, and has stopped cooking food in the oven to keep the bills down.

“Last night I didn’t go to sleep, I sat up all night thinking, how am I going to manage this fortnight,” he said.

A man wearing a jumper stands over a kitchen sink and is washing a cup.
Tambikos is now cutting back on using his oven to save on power. (ABC News: Michael Franchi)

Soaring inflation is pushing the cost of living up across the country, with warnings prices will get worse before they get better.

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