Power shock: Vinnies inundated by cries for help to pay electricity bills

David Fitzsimons
Updated July 28 2017 - 4:35pm, first published 4:30pm
POINTY END: St Vincent de Paul Society Orange Regional president Michael Horth handles requests for the new online power bill vouchers in Orange. Photo: DAVID FITZSIMONS
POINTY END: St Vincent de Paul Society Orange Regional president Michael Horth handles requests for the new online power bill vouchers in Orange. Photo: DAVID FITZSIMONS

Significantly more vouchers to help the needy pay their power bills have been handed out in Orange in the first four weeks of this financial year than the same time last year.

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David Fitzsimons

I am a senior journalist at the Central Western Daily concentrating on council, government and real estate issues. Before moving to Orange I filled senior roles at the Daily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph-Mirror and the Daily Mirror in Sydney. They included being an editor, news editor, chief of staff and reporter.

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