1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Melbourne Cup day today, as we know, and I'm sure 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: focus has turned to Flemington already with days racing to 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: get underway there shortly, if the first race hasn't already 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: been held. But I imagine for a lot of businesses 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: around Adelaide who have done it tough since COVID since 6 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: twenty twenty, today might be starting to look like business 7 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: as usual to a degree. I wonder if that's right. 8 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 1: Owen Webb, Deputy CEO of the Australian Hotels Association here 9 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,639 Speaker 1: in saow and good morning, thanks for your time. Is 10 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: it that morning? Is it that way? Is it starting 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: to look like businesses normal? It is? 12 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 2: We certainly noticed that there has been a bounce back 13 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 2: after that COVID period and the feedback that we're getting 14 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 2: is that the overall bookings have been pretty strong across 15 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 2: the state in terms of feedback so far for this 16 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 2: year's Melbourne Cup. 17 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: All right, so businesses that have made it through this 18 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: period and we've been out of it for a little 19 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: while now of course anyway, But are the ones that 20 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: are still standing here to stayed now? Is that your reading? 21 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 3: Yeah? 22 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 2: Look, I certainly think so. You know, conditions generally have 23 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 2: been strong for this year, and I think from an 24 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 2: economic perspective they are here to stay. Of course, we're 25 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 2: always going to have those challenges around the costs of 26 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 2: doing business, but certainly from the hotel sector generally, we've 27 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 2: enjoyed a good year so far. 28 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: I enjoyed your president's address at the end of year 29 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,639 Speaker 1: function last year talking about, for instance, getting rid of gas, 30 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: and here in this data, as we know, the state 31 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: government has no plans to do that, unlike interstate. But 32 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: David Basher making the point that if gas was to 33 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: go and all the kitchens around Adelaide were to be 34 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: switched over eventually to electric, well here comes the forty 35 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: or fifty dollars Nitzel and the costs on doing business. 36 00:01:54,080 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: I'm sure you'd love some certainty in that, and more 37 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: so just costs to be reduced wherever possible to make 38 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: it easier not just for pubs and clubs, but for 39 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: all businesses to survive. 40 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's certainly the case, Matthew's. Thankfully the state government 41 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 2: has made that decision that in terms of those changes 42 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 2: around gas, that that's not something on their agenda. But certainly, 43 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 2: when we look at costs of doing business, insurance, for example, 44 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 2: is one of the significant areas that's impacting our hotels 45 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 2: at the moment, and of course utility costs as well. 46 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 2: So and again, although it's clearly a federal tax, the 47 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 2: excise tax is certainly eating into the overall profits from 48 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 2: a business point of view as well. 49 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 1: The story that's been around the last couple of days, 50 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: and we spoke yesterday regarding this on the program, the 51 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: bureaucracy around asking farmers to certify their green credentials and 52 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: fill out paperwork and send it into two banks who 53 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 1: pass it on to the government to ensure that we're 54 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: meeting climate change targets for a country that is a 55 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: relatively smaller mirror on a world scale. We've got supermarkets today. 56 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: It's a JP Drake quoted in the paper saying I 57 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: was going to push up food and supermarkets all this 58 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 1: extra bureaucracy. Do you see the same thing happening in 59 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: pubs and clubs? And then the worry is, of course, 60 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: if meals get more expensive, people are less inclined to 61 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:23,519 Speaker 1: go out and eat. 62 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,959 Speaker 2: Yes, there's no doubt, Matthew. It's it is a really 63 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,239 Speaker 2: fine balancing act because, as you say, we don't want 64 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 2: customers to be priced out of the market completely, But 65 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: of course businesses still need to be making their margins 66 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 2: and no doubt, when cost of goods like food increase 67 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 2: then clearly that cuts into the gross profits of our kitchens, 68 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 2: which is a difficult area for businesses to make money 69 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 2: in as it is, so certainly that's an area of 70 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 2: concern for us. 71 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: What's Melbourne Cup mean to the hotels in terms of income? 72 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: Is it a you know, a massive impetus today, big boost? 73 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, Look across the state it is a significant economic contribution. 74 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 2: You know, for some of our hotels it's actually one 75 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 2: of their biggest days of trade. A hotel that perhaps 76 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 2: isn't normally booked out on a Tuesday. If it's that 77 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 2: capacity for today, we'll probably see in an uplift of 78 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 2: forty to fifty percent in terms of an increase in 79 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 2: spend overall on their food and beverage items. So it 80 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 2: really is important to give us that economic impetus as 81 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 2: we as we move into the warmer months. 82 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,679 Speaker 1: All right, Owen, I appreciate your time this morning. 83 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 2: Thank you, Thanks very much. 84 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: Matthew Simone Douglas from the Hospital Collective publican at the 85 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: Duke of Brunswick. Hello Simone, Hello Matt, how are you here? Good? 86 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: Thank you, big day on the calendar for you. 87 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 3: It is a big day on the calendar, I think 88 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 3: for most pubs and really does signal the beginning of 89 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 3: what we would call our peak season, so you know, 90 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,159 Speaker 3: well and truly in spring, I think Melbourne Cup Day 91 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 3: is kind of the signal to hospitality at large that 92 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 3: you know, people are getting ready to get out and 93 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 3: about and start celebrating that race into the end of 94 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 3: the year. 95 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: In terms of some of the issues I've spoken to 96 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: Owen about, how do you see things now? We've spoken 97 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: in the past when things were pretty gloomy and for 98 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: you personally, your business operations in the industry in general, 99 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 1: how are things looking at you feeling better about where 100 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: we're at? 101 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 3: Well, we always feel better at this time of year, 102 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 3: so as we kind of hit end of October and 103 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 3: moving forward, this is when most hospitality operators make about 104 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,159 Speaker 3: you know, anywhere upwards of fifty to sixty percent of 105 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 3: their gross profit for the like sorry, their bottom line 106 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 3: profit for the whole calendar year. So this is our 107 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 3: happy time of year. It's Christmas for us for you know, 108 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 3: a good chunk of time now where we make hay 109 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 3: and put the money in the bank so that the 110 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 3: next time winter comes around, we've got those cash buffers. 111 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 3: So a good Christmas season is good for everybody really, 112 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 3: all right. 113 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: So employment has has that stabilized in the hospitality industry? 114 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 3: Look, it's I think it hasn't. It hasn't. So what 115 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 3: I would say is we still have some fairly significant 116 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 3: skills shortages in the industry. 117 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: In what area. 118 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 3: Definitely when it comes to chefs, but also to experience, 119 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 3: you know, front of house operators. I know, for a 120 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 3: lot of the smaller operators, you know, attracting talent that's 121 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 3: experienced this time and it becomes quite difficult because everybody 122 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 3: is ramping up operations, so they're all looking to draw 123 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 3: from the same talent for which means you know, now 124 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 3: is a great time if you want of those people 125 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,679 Speaker 3: who's sitting around and you know, thinking about getting back 126 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 3: into the industry, or perhaps you just want some extra 127 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 3: cash for Christmas. It's a great time that you know, 128 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 3: drop your resume into your local pub, cafe or restaurant 129 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 3: because they're probably hiring. 130 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, and to work in a pub, you need to 131 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: be a bi liqual licensing, don't you You need to 132 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: have your idea and all of that. You're serving alcohol, 133 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: be responsible person, et cetera, et cetera. 134 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 3: No, you're making that a little bit more compromised. So yeah, 135 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 3: so you need to have completed your Responsible Service of 136 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,679 Speaker 3: Alcohol trade, but you can do that online and that 137 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 3: that's a certification so that you can work behind the 138 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 3: bar and serve alcohol. But in terms of what you're 139 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 3: talking about as being an approved responsible person, you're going 140 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 3: to need that if you're going to be left in 141 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 3: charge of the venue, okay and supervising you know, other 142 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 3: staff members and ensuring that responsible service of alcohol across 143 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 3: the board. So really, you know, you can jump online 144 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 3: get your responsible Service of Alcohol certificate. You probably there's 145 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 3: another free course called Doo Food Safely doing that one 146 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 3: and completing it, which doesn't take you that long, kind 147 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 3: of puts you in the running seat. And we all 148 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 3: know most of us got our first start, you know, 149 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 3: at a pub or a cafe because we're in the 150 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 3: right place at the right time, with the resume in 151 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 3: our hands, and we were prepared to learn and put 152 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 3: in the hardyard. But this is the time of year 153 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 3: where those people get their first shot. 154 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: Do people still come in with resumes the old fashioned way? 155 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: I mean, that's how I did it, that's probably how 156 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: you did it to mine. But if people still do that, 157 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: it's not just all online these days. 158 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, I've literally I had two young people pop 159 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 3: in yesterday with their resumes down the port and one 160 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 3: of them looks quite promising actually going to even a 161 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 3: call back today. So yeah, it is. And you know, 162 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 3: often we're in operation that's you know, pretty flat out. 163 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 3: You know, we have staff that call in sick or 164 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 3: we have other issues, and we have lots of bookings 165 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 3: come in at the last minute, and then we're hunting 166 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 3: for stuff very much. Is often that thing is you're 167 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:45,319 Speaker 3: in the right place at the right time, you're presenting 168 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 3: yourself well, and you know, a manager or someone that's 169 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 3: in entire venue will go can you come in tonight? 170 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 3: And the trick there is to say yes. You know, 171 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 3: that's probably the biggest mistake people make sometimes is that 172 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 3: they go, actually, no, it's not it's not convenient. Well 173 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 3: you've missed the because I needed someone tonight and that 174 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:02,839 Speaker 3: would have got you on the roster. 175 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, there you go. Good advice. Hey, Simon, thank 176 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: you for your insights, appreciate your time, good luck today, cheers, Thanks, 177 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: thank you, Simone Douglas HOSPO Collective, Ross Womersley has been 178 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,559 Speaker 1: listening to this so you SEEOSA Council of Social Services 179 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,319 Speaker 1: and there is another side to Melbourne Cup Day and Russ. 180 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 1: I'm sure you've got an important message for everyone today. 181 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think the really important thing is Matthew, just 182 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 4: to remember that you should only if you're going to 183 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 4: have a bit on the races, really think carefully about 184 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 4: the money that you have available to you and don't 185 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 4: get sucked into imagining that this is going to be 186 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 4: the thing that's going to get you out of a 187 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 4: financial crust. But because you know, lots of our member 188 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 4: organizations are helping people try and put pieces back together, 189 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 4: people that have really struggled with gambling issues. And of 190 00:09:56,559 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 4: course these days we're in a position where things we 191 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 4: can do this from our fingertips, you know these gambling 192 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:11,559 Speaker 4: is possible through our phones and in fact, in South Australia, 193 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,599 Speaker 4: sports betting, the horse racing and sports betting is the 194 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 4: fastest growing form of gambling expenditure that we see and 195 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 4: so it is really important that a people only bet 196 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 4: what they can afford to lose, because it's inevitable that 197 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 4: most people will. And the other is for us to 198 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 4: actually be continuing to push with our federal Parliament to 199 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:46,199 Speaker 4: ensure that there's good regulation and that the recommendations that 200 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:52,559 Speaker 4: were made by the House of Representatives Committee Inquiry into Gambling, 201 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 4: chaired by the late Peter Murphy actually are put into 202 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:02,199 Speaker 4: place to protect and better regulate and minimize harm from 203 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 4: momwind gambling. 204 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: All right, so what sort of level of resources gets 205 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: taken up dealing with problem gambling ross? 206 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 4: I think we never, we never really talk about that question, 207 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 4: and I suppose this is one of the problems, Matthew, 208 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 4: is that gambling doesn't just impact on the people who 209 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 4: have lost their money and their capacity to do things 210 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:32,679 Speaker 4: like paying their bills. It actually impacts way beyond those 211 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 4: placing the bets. It's houm's relationships, It harms families, that 212 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 4: harms employers, and it ends up costing our community huge 213 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 4: amounts that we never we do, never talk about, and 214 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 4: that includes helping people pull themselves up out of massive 215 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 4: depressions because they've kind of found themselves psychologically really traumatized 216 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 4: in the process. And not just them as the potential 217 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 4: problem gambler, but their families are left. You know, if 218 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 4: you're a family, if you're a partner and you come 219 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 4: home and you have discovered that, in fact, your partner 220 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 4: has bet the house away, it's got to have pretty 221 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 4: profound impacts on you and all of the other people 222 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 4: around you, and that will come at a cost to 223 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 4: our health system, will come at a cost of a 224 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 4: person's own health, and it will come at the cost 225 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 4: of finding the other ways to support those people who 226 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 4: might find themselves homeless in that Now, now that's a 227 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 4: really extreme example, but these are the very real things 228 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 4: that happen for people, and we do need to be 229 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,959 Speaker 4: encouraging people to be very cautious as you're thinking about 230 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 4: participating in gambling today. 231 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,079 Speaker 1: Great advice for us. Appreciate your time, Thank. 232 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 4: You, you're welcome. 233 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 1: Mat think Ross Womersley, CEOSA, Council of Social Services