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almost one in every 10 tasmanians lives here in the glenorchy city council area and like elsewhere the rising cost of living is making life tough for residents and business owners Renee Cox was once an apprentice at this hairdressing Salon in glenorchy she's now the co-owner and the bills are steadily increasing products are going up the colors going up rent power absolutely everything is going up a

few doors down at the local bakery it's a similar situation for store manager Tammy Hill pretty much domino effect one thing goes up another another and then all our ingredients have gone up those Rising costs are also hitting their customers I'm not using hater at the moment because it's it's just so much to you know to pay off well my rent just went up 20 bucks

so everything's sort of going up at the same time rates here in glenorchy are set to go up by just under nine percent which means an increase of about a hundred and thirty three dollars a year on average we simply need to increase our rate base though if we are to deliver the infrastructure and services our community wants needs and deserves and it's not just glenorchy

people seeking emergency relief and financial counseling so we are seeing a new range of people coming through our doors who have probably never previously had to access our services before back at the salon Renee Cox is concerned that if inflation doesn't ease soon her clients May forego a trip to the hairdressers bit nerve-wracking for sure absolutely tough times for many in the community jono Gibson ABC

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