1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: Good morning everybody. Welcome to the Daily OS. It is Tuesday, 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:07,039 Speaker 1: the eleventh of January. My name is Sam Kazlowski. Pleasure 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: to be with you on this fine Tuesday. A lot 4 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: of news around. We're going to do a deep dive 5 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: this morning into why your supermarket shelves are so empty. 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: I saw a really funny thing on the Projects a 7 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,120 Speaker 1: couple of nights ago that the one fruit you can 8 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: get a lot of is kiwi fruit. But apart from that, 9 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: it's pretty dire out there. We're going to take a 10 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: deep dive into why that is. Zara First, what's making. 11 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 2: Headlines amid rising COVID nineteen hospitalizations and cases. The Victorian 12 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,959 Speaker 2: government yesterday announced a number of new restrictions. Now they're 13 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 2: nothing major, but it's good to go through. Agecare workers, 14 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 2: disability care workers, quarantine workers, corrections and emergency services. Food 15 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: distribution workers and healthcare workers will be required to get 16 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 2: a COVID nineteen booster to continue working. Now. There are 17 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 2: different dates depending on what industry you're in, so check 18 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 2: the announcement yesterday if you fall into any of those categories. 19 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 2: Alongside this, indoor dance floors will close as of eleven 20 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 2: fifty nine pm tomorrow night, except at weddings. There have 21 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 2: also been some changes for people visiting aged care centers 22 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 2: and hospitals. To visit an agecare center, you must receive 23 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 2: a rapid negative test result before entering. 24 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: We will be seeing Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open. 25 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 1: That was the big news after Novak Drokovic's appeal was 26 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: successful and he will remain in Australia for the tournament. 27 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: Djokovic was released immediately from detention and had his passport 28 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: returned to him. He'll be free to compete in the 29 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 1: Australian Open and the Federal government was ordered to pay 30 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: his legal costs. Judge Anthony Kelly told the court he 31 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,919 Speaker 1: was unreasonable to cancel the visa because Djokovic was told 32 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: he would have more time to respond to the decision 33 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: to cancel the visa. Essentially, what's happened here is a 34 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: procedural issue at Melbourne Airport has led to the appeal 35 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: being successful. 36 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 2: Category two cyclone Tiffany Aide landfall in Queensland yesterday, hitting 37 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 2: the Cape York Peninsula. The cyclone then hit Cape Melville 38 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 2: a few hours later and is forecasted to emerge over 39 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 2: the Gulf of Carpenteria this morning with Cyclone Tiffany came 40 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 2: destructive winds and heavy to intense rain in communities in 41 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 2: far north Queensland. The cyclone is expected to intensify and 42 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 2: move towards the NT. 43 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 1: And today's good news, India has begun administering COVID nineteen 44 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: booster shots to health and frontline workers as well as 45 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: individuals who are aged sixty and above with medical conditions. 46 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 1: Very very good news from the subcontinent. 47 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 2: So Zara. 48 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: Over the last couple of months, we've done quite a 49 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: few of these sort of supply chain stories. Fascinating, yeah, 50 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 1: they are, because it's all about why we can't get 51 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: the stuff that we normally have filling our trolleys. 52 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 2: I'm usually very pleased with some chicken for dinner and 53 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 2: went to the grocery store yesterday and honestly would not 54 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 2: find a piece of chicken in the whole of Coals. 55 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: And that's a pattern that's emerging around the country. There's 56 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: now some actual limits on meat purchasing at both Woolworths 57 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: and Coals, as well as of course rapid antigen tests. 58 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: But what we're seeing now is shortages of other products. 59 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: It doesn't really matter if there's limits on the amount 60 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: of stuff you can buy, because there's not actually much 61 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: stuff there. So the big question we have is why 62 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 1: why are their food shortages in your supermarket? And the 63 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,519 Speaker 1: answer is not actually to do with the Suez Canal 64 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: or wooden palettes or shortages of shipping containers. It's more 65 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: to do with the people who work in our supermarkets. 66 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 2: We heard yesterday from Woolworth's Director of Stores, Jeanette Fenske, 67 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 2: and she explained to Sunrise that Woolworth is seeing upward 68 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 2: of twenty percent absenteeism in distribution centers and over ten 69 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 2: percent absenteeism in their stores. What does that mean, Sam. 70 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: So the absenteesm rates in this case refer to people 71 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: who can't come to work because they either have COVID nineteen, 72 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: which we know are tens of thousands of new diagnoses 73 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: every day, or they're close contacts of somebody in their 74 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: household who has COVID. 75 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 2: Now, states and territories have rightly recognized this as a 76 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 2: major issue, and there have been some changes to policies 77 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 2: in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. Now, in those states, 78 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 2: if you're a close contact but you're asymptomatic, there may 79 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 2: be an exemption for you to return back to work 80 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 2: and basically skip that isolation period. It's thought that this 81 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 2: will ease some of the issues in the supply chain 82 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 2: that we're seeing. Scott Morrison yesterday said that there is 83 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 2: a proposal in front of National Cabinet, which is of 84 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 2: course the meeting of all of the leaders across the 85 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 2: country to see whether this can be a consistent policy 86 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 2: across Australia, not just in those three states. We mentioned earlier. 87 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: As to why you're not seeing as much meat and 88 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: fresh fruit and vegetables on your shelf. We know that 89 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: anything highly perishable is going to be the most vulnerable 90 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 1: to disruption and this was what Meat Industry Can Chief 91 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 1: executive Patrick Hutchinson warned. He continued, so that's why it's 92 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: important for us to make sure that the transport and 93 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: logistics is operating and functioning because it takes pressure off 94 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: the growing And we also know that a number of 95 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: farmers in regional communities are explaining they don't actually have 96 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: access to rapid tests to be able to turn up 97 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: to work knowing if they have the virus or not. 98 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: So the key question I've got when thinking about this 99 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 1: story is is it different majorly to the supply chain 100 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: issues that we saw in twenty twenty one, And the 101 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,919 Speaker 1: general consensus seems to be that they are different, and 102 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: they are concerningly different, because the issue now is not 103 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: about panic buying. It's not about the fact that goods 104 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 1: can't get to Australia. It's the fact that we have 105 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: a depleted workforce who can't make the mechanics of a 106 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: supermarket run as smoothly as they need to to service 107 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: twenty five million Australians. That's all to say that we 108 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: shouldn't expect to see massive amounts of fresh produce on 109 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: the shelves back anytime soon. Until we get a decrease 110 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: in numbers and more people available in the workforce, there's 111 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 1: not going to be any major changes to how our 112 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: supermarkets feel at the moment. 113 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 2: While every stage of the pandemic seemingly brings up new issues, 114 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 2: there is one thing that has remained consistent throughout this 115 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 2: whole COVID nineteen ride, and that is that panic buying 116 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 2: doesn't solve anything. 117 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 1: It's not about the fact that there's never going to 118 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: be mangoes on the shelf. Ever, again, you don't need 119 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: to go and buy cases and cases of mangoes. It's 120 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: just that the mangoes are struggling to get to the 121 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 1: shelves right now. But hopefully in a number of weeks 122 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: we're all going to be enjoying a mango, and for 123 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 1: everybody's sake, the employees, the supermarkets and the consumers, things 124 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 1: will be largely back to normal. That's all we've got 125 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: time for today on The Daily Ods, but if you 126 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: want to follow us on Instagram, we have all the 127 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,119 Speaker 1: breaking news there throughout the day. It's at the Daily Ods. 128 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 1: Feel free to dm us review the podcast. It means 129 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: heaps to us and have a fantastic day.