1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:08,400 Speaker 1: Bunjelung Calcottin woman from Gadigl Country. The Daly oz acknowledges 3 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,639 Speaker 1: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the 4 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres 5 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,159 Speaker 1: Strait Island and nations. We pay our respects to the 6 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: first peoples of these countries, both past and present. 7 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Tuesday, 8 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 2: the twenty fourth of October. 9 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 3: I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Billy fit Simon's and we are 10 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 3: filling in for Sam and Zara for a couple of 11 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 3: days this week, but we will be back to regular 12 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 3: programming before you know it. 13 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 2: This week Australia's largest food relief organization, Food Bank, released 14 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 2: its annual Hunger Report, which found three point seven million 15 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 2: Australian households have experienced some sort of food insecurity in 16 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 2: the past year. 17 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 4: What we're seeing is that food has become a discretionary 18 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 4: item and for summer luxury item. 19 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 2: In today's deep Dive, I'm speaking with this the CEO 20 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 2: of Food Bank Australia, to find out what food insecurity 21 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 2: is why the number of Australians experiencing it has increased 22 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 2: and what can be done to change that? But first, Billy, 23 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 2: what's making headlines? 24 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 3: First Nations leaders involved in the Yes campaign have accused 25 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 3: Australians of committing a shameful act by voting against an 26 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 3: Indigenous voice in the failed referendum on October fourteenth. More 27 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 3: than sixty percent of Australians voted No in the referendum. 28 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 3: The statement from First Nations leaders marks the end of 29 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 3: a week of silence to mourn the result. Prime Minister 30 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 3: Anthony Alberanezi has not yet commented on the statement. However, 31 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 3: he did say on Friday, we respect the outcome in 32 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 3: our democracy. 33 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 2: Financial losses to job and employment scams have increased by 34 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 2: seven hundred and forty percent this year, according to the 35 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 2: National Anti Scam Center. WhatsApp, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram have 36 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 2: become key platforms for scammers pretending to be recruiters. The 37 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 2: government is urging people to be on high alert for 38 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 2: scammers actually if they're looking for a job, with Australian's 39 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 2: reporting losses of twenty million dollars already this year to 40 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 2: employment scams. 41 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 3: And in a Daily os exclusive, thousands of Ozzie students 42 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 3: will have part of their hextet waived due to a 43 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 3: record keeping technicality. Over thirteen thousand students will have a 44 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 3: combined five point four million dollars wiped from their student 45 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 3: debt and this is because some students were unable to 46 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 3: see their hextet records on the ATO website, so those 47 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 3: impacted by the error won't need to pay the amount 48 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 3: incurred through indexation for the past four years. For more 49 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 3: on that story, you can visit our Instagram page. 50 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 2: And today's good news. Australia has won the International Wheelchair 51 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 2: Rugby Cup after defeating Canada at the finals in Paris. 52 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 2: After losing to Canada in the opening game, Australia finished 53 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 2: on top. What comeback. Riley Batt was one of the 54 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 2: standout players for the Aussies in the fifty three forty 55 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:05,119 Speaker 2: eight win. Nearly four million Australian homes experienced food insecurity 56 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 2: in the past year. That's according to Food Bank's annual 57 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 2: Hunger Report, which published its latest findings this week. Brianna 58 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 2: Case is the CEO of Food Bank Australia and she 59 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 2: joins US Now to talk about these findings. Briana, welcome 60 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 2: to the pod. Before we get into it, though, for 61 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 2: those who are listening who might not be familiar with 62 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 2: the concept, what is food insecurity? 63 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 4: Food insecurity is essentially a spectrum. It can start with 64 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 4: feeling anxious or worried about whether or not you've got 65 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 4: enough money to actually put a meal on the table, 66 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 4: through to the more moderate form of food in security, 67 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 4: which is about making compromises on the type and quantity 68 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 4: of food that you're eating, right through to severe food insecurity, 69 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 4: which is skipping meals or going entire days without eating. 70 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 4: And the reality is right now three point seven million 71 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 4: households across Australia have experienced food and security in the 72 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 4: last twelve months, and to put that into perspective, that's 73 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 4: more than the total number of households in Melbourne and 74 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 4: Sydney combined. 75 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 2: That is a really significant number. How do those findings 76 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 2: differ from previous years? Have you seen any big changes 77 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 2: in the twenty twenty three findings we have? 78 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 4: This year is quite different for a number of reasons. One, 79 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 4: we've seen a three hundred and eighty three thousand household 80 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 4: increase in the number of households experiencing food and security, 81 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 4: so a very very significant jump, but also a very 82 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 4: significant change in what food in security looks like and 83 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 4: who's experiencing it. What we've seen with this year's Food 84 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 4: Bank Hunger Report is that seventy seven percent of households 85 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 4: are experiencing food and security for the very first time, 86 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 4: and they skew younger. So we're seeing more and more 87 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 4: people under the age of forty five. We're seeing people 88 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 4: who are employed. In fact, sixty percent of food and 89 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 4: secure households have a job. And we're also seeing food 90 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 4: and security impacting mid to high income earners. So this 91 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 4: notion that a job is a shield again food and 92 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 4: security in Australia, we've shot that to pieces. 93 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 2: Yeah, I want to talk a little bit about that 94 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 2: group of people, you know, younger people, people on decent 95 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 2: in inverticoma's incomes being in this report for the first time, 96 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 2: How has cost of living impacted food in security in Australia. 97 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 4: What we've seen this year is that for the vast majority, 98 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 4: about eighty percent of households, it is the cost of 99 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 4: living crisis. What we're seeing with hunger in Australia is 100 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 4: the harsh realities of what the cost of living crisis 101 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 4: looks like in the home, and it's not hard to 102 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 4: understand why. We know that a third of people with 103 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 4: a mortgage are now experiencing some level of food in security, 104 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 4: and we know that half of renters are experiencing food 105 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 4: and security as well. So when we look at housing 106 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 4: and homelessness, when we look at utilities costs, when we 107 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 4: look at the cost of buying food and groceries, transport costs, 108 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 4: petrol costs, it all adds up. And the reality is 109 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 4: what we might have been able to cover with one 110 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 4: income before, we're now needing one and a half two 111 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 4: incomes to cover. What we are seeing and hearing increasingly 112 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 4: at food bank is people working a full time, as 113 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 4: you said, a good job during the day, but they're 114 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 4: having to work a side hustle at night. It's often 115 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 4: in the gig economy because unfortunately, when your expenses are 116 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 4: outpacing your income, it's not hard to do the math. 117 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 4: So what we're seeing is that food has become a 118 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 4: discretionary item and for some a luxury item. 119 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 2: How does that impact the rest of people's lives. What's 120 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:37,679 Speaker 2: the flow on effect of not knowing for certain whether 121 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 2: you can put food on the table, you know, psychologically, physically, 122 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 2: how does that impact everyone. 123 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 4: There's a few things that are deeply concerning us this year. 124 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 4: One is that we know about half of those experiencing 125 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 4: food and security have reduced their consumption and purchasing of 126 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 4: fresh fruit and vegetables and protein. So when we think 127 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 4: about the health and dietary nutrition implications of this, I'm 128 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 4: really concerned about what that means from a physical health 129 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 4: point of view. And let's bear in mind those half 130 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 4: who've reduced it are coming from a low base, so 131 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 4: we're already only accessing the smallest amount. But also, as 132 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 4: you indicated, the mental health implications here are really significant. 133 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 4: And when you are dealing with this feeling and the 134 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 4: pit of your stomach not only hunger, but also this 135 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 4: worry and anxiety about whether or not you're going to 136 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 4: be able to eat today, tomorrow, next week, and when 137 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 4: we are talking about younger households, what's concerning me at 138 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 4: the moment is younger households with young children who are 139 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 4: living in now quite vulnerable circumstances, and the guilt associated 140 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 4: with not being able to provide for your young child 141 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 4: is huge, and it's one of the reasons We are 142 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 4: trying so hard at Food Bank to highlight that we 143 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 4: are here to help you. Food Bank is here. It's 144 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 4: what we do best. And what absolutely crushes my spirit 145 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 4: is when I hear people who are not reaching out 146 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 4: and asking for food relief when they so clearly need 147 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 4: it because a they're embarrassed or worried or ashamed, or 148 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 4: b they think someone else deserves it more than they do. 149 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 4: I'm here to tell you if you can't afford to 150 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 4: put a meal on the table routinely, you need food relief. 151 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 4: And it's precisely why we're here. And it's as simple 152 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 4: as jumping on our website, clicking a fine food button 153 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 4: and you will find food relief near you. 154 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 2: Are you finding, especially with the amount of young people 155 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 2: that we've seen in these findings this year, are you 156 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 2: worried about that stigma continuing on? 157 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 4: We are. We know when we look at who is 158 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 4: experiencing hunger in Australia, we know that only about a 159 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 4: quarter or actively reaching out to formal food relief organizations 160 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:51,199 Speaker 4: like Food Bank. We know about a third are reaching 161 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 4: out to family, friends, loved ones, neighbors for help. But 162 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 4: there's a half sitting out there not getting any help 163 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 4: at all, and we need to make sure we break 164 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 4: down some of these barriers to what's stopping people accessing 165 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 4: food relief. Absolutely, shame and stigma is part of it, 166 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 4: and I really hope that conversations like the one we're 167 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 4: having right now help people understand there's no shame or 168 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 4: stigma here. Life gets in the way for everyone, and 169 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 4: I think if we think back to COVID, we all 170 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 4: knew someone who lost hours, lost employment, had something happen 171 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 4: through no fault of your own, and you found yourself 172 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 4: in really difficult circumstances. Right now, the demand for food 173 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 4: relief is higher than it was at the height of COVID. 174 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 4: So if you think you're alone here, I'm here to 175 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 4: tell you you're not. We are fast approaching a scenario 176 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:42,599 Speaker 4: where one into Australian households will know what food insecurity 177 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:46,559 Speaker 4: means and is because it's touched them themselves. And it's 178 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 4: important to recognize this isn't happening every day for many people. 179 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 4: This might be a one off. It might be every 180 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 4: now and then. It might be those final three or 181 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 4: four days before payday when you suddenly realize you can't 182 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 4: go out for lunch. With your office mates because you 183 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 4: don't have the funds to do that, where you might 184 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 4: be grabbing some morning tea in the tea room because 185 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 4: that's going to be your only meal that day. That 186 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 4: is food insecurity. That is happening to an increasing number 187 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 4: of people, and you need food relief and that's what 188 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 4: we're here for. 189 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 2: Australia is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. 190 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 2: Is this a trend being seen elsewhere or is the 191 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 2: situation particularly bad here and why would that be? 192 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 4: It is definitely something that shocks people to think that 193 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,959 Speaker 4: right here in the lucky country, we've got three point 194 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 4: seven million households who at some point haven't known where 195 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:40,959 Speaker 4: their next meal was coming from. It's also quite confronting 196 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,439 Speaker 4: when we think about the fact that each and every 197 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 4: year we produce enough food in this country to feed 198 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 4: our population three times over, yet we've got a hunger problem. 199 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 4: We also have a food waste problem. Incidentally, it's costing 200 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 4: our economy thirty six point six billion dollars each year, 201 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 4: and seventy percent of the food that is wasted is 202 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 4: perfectly edible. So we've got this ridiculous situation where we 203 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 4: have enough food but it's not getting to the right places. 204 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 4: And when we do look globally, yes, unfortunately we are 205 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 4: seeing food in security reaching rates it never has before 206 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 4: in both developed and developing nations. But when we look 207 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:24,599 Speaker 4: at the geopolitical landscape right now, my food banking counterparts 208 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:27,679 Speaker 4: in the Middle East, my food banking counterparts in Northern America, 209 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 4: they're seeing very similar challenges to us right now. But 210 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 4: there are various different policies and laws that can help 211 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 4: alleviate food and security and then address it. And we've 212 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 4: been very strident with government in highlighting the fact that 213 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 4: the evidence is clear. We have a Food Bank Hunger 214 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 4: Report that shows what rates of food and security we 215 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 4: have in Australia and what we can do about it, 216 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:54,079 Speaker 4: because denying that we have a hunger problem is not 217 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 4: going to help us fix it. 218 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 2: Is there a way to simultaneously tackle both of these issues? 219 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 2: You know this in normal most amount of food that's 220 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 2: being wasted, paired with all of these Australians who are 221 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 2: going hungry. 222 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 4: Yes, and it's precisely what Food Bank does best. We 223 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 4: work really closely with farmers, manufacturers and our retailers to 224 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 4: rescue food that we know is perfectly edible and delicious. 225 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 4: Quite often it doesn't look quite right. It might be 226 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 4: the wonky fruit and vegetables that you see. We're talking 227 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 4: about tomatoes that are the wrong shade of red and 228 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 4: cucumbers that are a bit bendy. I don't care what 229 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 4: they look like. They are still going to deliver wonderfully 230 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 4: nutritious food. But only about seventy percent of our total 231 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 4: food relief volumes that food make comes through that food rescue. 232 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 4: The remainder we actually have to buy because when you 233 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 4: work as we do in a surprise chain rather than 234 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 4: a supply chain, we never know what we're going to 235 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 4: have donated to us day in, day out. But there 236 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 4: are certain products we need to have available year round. 237 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 4: And when we know that fifty percent of people are 238 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 4: reducing they're purchasing of fresh fruit and vegetables and protein, 239 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 4: we know very clearly we're going to have to secure 240 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 4: a lot more of both of those products, in particular 241 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 4: to make sure that we can help people through this 242 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:05,199 Speaker 4: really tricky period. 243 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 2: We might have people listening right now who are feeling 244 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 2: like they do need the help that you've described. What 245 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 2: can they do, What are the next steps for them 246 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 2: to take? And then similarly, you know, we might have 247 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 2: people listening who really want to help. What can they 248 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 2: do in this situation? 249 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 4: First port of call to answer both of those questions 250 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 4: is to go to Foodbank dot org DODAU. If you 251 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 4: are in need of food relief, click on a big 252 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 4: button that says find food. It is as simple as that. 253 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 4: Pop in your postcode and it will spit out some 254 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 4: answers around where you can access food relief. And likewise, 255 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 4: if you're in a position to donate, there's a donate 256 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 4: now button. Every dollar donated is two meals created, and 257 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 4: there has never been a more important time to support 258 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 4: the community. I know that for many listeners out there 259 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 4: they're not in a position to do that right now, 260 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 4: but for those who are, please know you are going 261 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 4: to be changing lives through that donation. And we are 262 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 4: so proud of the work that we do at Food 263 00:13:58,240 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 4: Bank that we can't do it without you. So to 264 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,559 Speaker 4: everyone who has been supporting us, whether that be through time, 265 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 4: treasure or talent, thank you. We're so grateful. 266 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 3: Thank you so much for joining us on the daily OS. 267 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 3: And before you go, it would be so helpful if 268 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 3: you could press follow on the app that you are 269 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 3: currently listening to this podcast on It really helps us 270 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 3: grow and it helps new people find us. We'll be 271 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 3: back again tomorrow, but until then, have a great day.