00:00After a long, successful career, Kerry Matthews expected to be financially secure in retirement.
00:09But that's not the case. After a recent $800 water bill, she's stopped watering the garden
00:16and is selling personal items to afford her insulin pump.
00:20I was always afraid of dying in my sleep. That's the thing with us type ones.
00:24The pump takes that away. So it's become very important for me to keep that.
00:29Over the last two years after relocating to the NT, the cost of living is forcing her to move on.
00:35I thought our lifestyle would be so much better up here. So it's very disappointing.
00:40A new report shows NT residents facing rising electricity costs and in some places eye-watering petrol prices.
00:49Darwin is the third most expensive capital city for transport, even with a temporary freeze on bus fares.
00:56And the second most expensive place to rent.
01:00We've seen things like in Palmerston, a one bedroom unit, the rent increasing by $90 just in a 12 month period.
01:10And it's hitting low income earners hardest. In remote communities, residents face astronomical prices for food.
01:17While the type of people accessing food bank in Darwin is changing.
01:22One third of all the families that visit food bank in SA and NT are mortgage holders.
01:27Families that have worked really hard, saved the deposit and still find themselves in need of help.
01:3160% of all food bank clients and families have at least one person in employment as well.
01:37With low income earners now being forced to choose between rent, power, food and other essentials,
01:43the NT cost report recommends expanding the concession scheme and increasing the remote area allowance.
01:50Roxanne Fitzgerald, ABC News.
01:53Thank you very much.
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