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Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf. Join the conversation with Katie Wolf.

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Speaker 1: You are our eyes and ears in the Territory Mixed

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Speaker 1: one oh four point nine.

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Speaker 2: Joining me on the line from Hospitality NT. It is

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Speaker 2: the CEO, Alex Bruce. Good morning, Alex, Good a Katie Alex.

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Speaker 2: There is so much happening around the place. I do

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Speaker 2: want to talk though about the situation in Victoria. You

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Speaker 2: and I caught up a little bit earlier in the

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Speaker 2: week and did discuss this to some degree. But how

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Speaker 2: are we going in terms of some of those accommodation bookings.

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Speaker 2: Have we seen many cancelations as a result of the

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Speaker 2: hotspot declaration for the whole state of Victoria.

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Speaker 1: Yes, the morning after the whole state of Victoria was

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Speaker 1: declared a hotspot for us, definitely, our network started getting

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Speaker 1: a lot more calls for people wanting to cancel, not

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Speaker 1: only in the next fortnight, but even three weeks out,

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Speaker 1: four weeks out. When a whole state gets excluded, and

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Speaker 1: coupled that with you know, all of the quite strong

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Speaker 1: actions down in Victoria as well, it just decimates the

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Speaker 1: comp well. So you know, once that happened, we went

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Speaker 1: from saying, yeah, we will maybe fifteen percent down in occupancy,

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Speaker 1: but we're able to backfill some of that. The longer

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Speaker 1: this goes on for we won't be able to backfill

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Speaker 1: all of it, and we're talking more like thirty plus percent.

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Speaker 1: We know that's already what we've started to shed for

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Speaker 1: the Supercars weekend, and concerning for Central Australia, then number

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Speaker 1: one weekend for that town and it provides a massive

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Speaker 1: economic boost right through retail and hospitality is the Sink

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Speaker 1: weekend and a large chunk of those race teams, you know,

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Speaker 1: their mum and dad motor car enthusiasts. They're from regional Victoria.

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Speaker 1: So we do hope that we appreciate it for it's

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Speaker 1: health run in the show as always, but if they

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Speaker 1: could see their way through easing some of the border

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Speaker 1: restrictions for even regional Victoria ahead of Melbourne, that would

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Speaker 1: go a long.

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Speaker 3: Way to strengthen and secure a great think.

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Speaker 2: So can I just go back to those numbers, So

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Speaker 2: you said fifteen percent is what had happened sort of

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Speaker 2: the day after, but we're now looking at thirty percent

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Speaker 2: of those bookings being canceled as a result of the

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Speaker 2: situation with the whole of Victoria. Being a hot spot

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Speaker 2: for the supercars weekend.

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Speaker 1: Yes, that's right. So we lost fifteen percent across the

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Speaker 1: Darwen network last weekend. Yeah, but did pick some up

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Speaker 1: because demands, eifs and everywhere, and locals got some great

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Speaker 1: last minute deals as well, which is good to see.

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Speaker 1: But now Victoria and New South WALESA are the two

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Speaker 1: largest domestic markets. Victoria is about thirty percent of our

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Speaker 1: total markets. So the longer that we exclude Victoria, that

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Speaker 1: will really start to think its teeth into our industry.

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Speaker 2: Soing forward, So Alex, what do you need to see

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Speaker 2: happen here or what would you like to see happen here?

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Speaker 1: A lot of the numbers seem to be getting to

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Speaker 1: a positive space down in Victoria. Leave that to others

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Speaker 1: and the experts there, but as soon as the regional

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Speaker 1: Victorians could be welcomed back, that would be something, even

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Speaker 1: if there was still some concern from the local health

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Speaker 1: authorities regarding Melbourne.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, right, so we'll have to I mean, look, I

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Speaker 2: think we'll all be keeping a very close eye on

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Speaker 2: this and keeping a really close eye on what happens

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Speaker 2: in Victoria over the next couple of days. Hey, I

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Speaker 2: do want to ask you as well. Again, you know,

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Speaker 2: we always talk about this work a shortage, there's no

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Speaker 2: doubt about that. But there's a few different and innovative

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Speaker 2: things that hospitality and t is doing, I guess, you know,

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Speaker 2: to try to get more people employed, including these will

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Speaker 2: the RSA certificates the Responsible service of alcohol something a

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Speaker 2: little bit different are refresher course and it's free to try,

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Speaker 2: right is that in an effort to try and get

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Speaker 2: more people working in our bars and licensed premises, a bit.

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Speaker 1: Of both and so on that front. You know, sixteen

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Speaker 1: year olds and above under the age of eighteen can

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Speaker 1: apply through the business to the Director of Liquor Licensing

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Speaker 1: for an exemption to and be glasses and we're seeing

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Speaker 1: an uptake there. There have been some really positive trade

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Speaker 1: shows and fairs lining up tourism and hospitality businesses with

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Speaker 1: would be workers in Alice. Katherine Darwin was last night

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Speaker 1: and was quite positive.

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Speaker 3: There's one to go on Tenant.

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Speaker 1: Creek, the Gray Nomads.

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Speaker 3: We are getting gray.

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Speaker 1: Powered this year at higher rates in some of the

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Speaker 1: remote locations that are filling some of the vacuum from

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Speaker 1: those missing backpackers. The other part of it though, is compliant,

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Speaker 1: so a couple of years ago they changed the liquorict

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Speaker 1: and indicator that they want to see a local course

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Speaker 1: for RSA refresher with particular you know, local context and

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Speaker 1: I'm talking you know, BDR, minimum floor price, some of

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Speaker 1: those policy settings that are unique to the territory. So

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Speaker 1: someone with an RSA from overseas or maybe an RSA

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Speaker 1: ten fifteen years old, I don't know, you know, there

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Speaker 1: might be someone out there with an RSA as old

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Speaker 1: as nineteen ninety nine sitting there somewhere. But so you know,

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Speaker 1: this is a short, sharp, online free course that we've

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Speaker 1: partnered with the government to do. Everyone can log onto

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Speaker 1: it and what it will.

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Speaker 3: Do is it means your RSA is good for another

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Speaker 3: three years.

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Speaker 2: Yeah right. Hey, on those gray nomads, I was actually

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Speaker 2: driving on the Stuart Highway this morning and noticed one

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Speaker 2: of those big, you know, electronic signs at thrifty and

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Speaker 2: it said gray nomads work and mobile number, And I wondered,

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Speaker 2: how are we seeing more gray nomads filling some of

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Speaker 2: these jobs that need to be filled.

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Speaker 1: We are, you know, and I think I mentioned previously,

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Speaker 1: but walk about cavern over in Null and boys picked

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Speaker 1: up both some great nomad couples, but also the traveling,

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Speaker 1: traveling families with kids, and that is they've always been,

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Speaker 1: you know, the people that have been manning the camp

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Speaker 1: sites in national parks across the country as they're traveling

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Speaker 1: around and those tides of things. So we're looking to

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Speaker 1: access that.

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Speaker 3: Labor force more.

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Speaker 1: We're having some positive success Hingley Tourism top end those

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Speaker 1: raise this which you previously, and it is something we'd

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Speaker 1: like to see the federal government act on. You can

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Speaker 1: only earn i think, just under two hundred bucks a

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Speaker 1: fortnight before it starts to impact your pension or your

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Speaker 1: part pension. Why can't that be a thousand bucks. It

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Speaker 1: is something that they tell us that would it would

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Speaker 1: remove an inhibitor on them. It would get them out

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Speaker 1: there working more, would be happy, they would be happy,

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Speaker 1: and they're still paying their fair share of tacks as well.

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Speaker 3: So we just think it's a win for everybody.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree with you. I think it'd be a

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Speaker 2: great thing to see happen and enable you know, some

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Speaker 2: of our territorians who are maybe a little bit older,

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Speaker 2: or some of those traveling here to the territory to

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Speaker 2: earn a little bit more money. While if they are

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Speaker 2: also receiving the pension.

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Speaker 1: God said, well, we don't just want to gap you,

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Speaker 1: we want to gap life.

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Speaker 2: That'd be all right, wouldn't it.

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Speaker 1: That'd be good.

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Speaker 2: Well, Alex Bruce, good to catch up with you this morning.

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Speaker 1: Mate.

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Speaker 2: We always appreciate you coming on the show.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Katie. One final quick thing. I just need to

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Speaker 1: say thank you to Maddie. He's been the champion I know.

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Speaker 2: Oh mate, look we are going to have a bit

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Speaker 2: of a tribute for Maddie Hepworth at eleven thirty this morning.

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Speaker 2: All I'm gonna say is take some time to sit

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Speaker 2: down and have a listen and a laugh.

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Speaker 3: Excellent, will do all right?

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Speaker 1: Good on you, Alex.

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Speaker 2: Thank you