Australia unleashes rent and energy relief as inflation bites voters

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Australian chocolatier Yasmin Coe is feeling the pinch of higher inflation, and is not convinced that government efforts aimed at cutting the cost of living will turn fortunes around.

Coe, the 39-year-old co-founder of Sweet Pea and Poppy in Murrumbateman, New South Wales, said her business, which has a staff of nine,…