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Speaker 1: We know that from today bottle shops in Greater Darwin

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Speaker 1: are not going to be able to open until midday

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Speaker 1: under an emergency declaration by the Northern Territory government in

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Speaker 1: a bid to reduce alcohol related harm. So the move

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Speaker 1: has been met with criticism by hospitality and as well

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Speaker 1: as businesses and some politicians over the lack of consultation

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Speaker 1: and loss of hours for staff ahead of Christmas. Now

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Speaker 1: there has also been uncertainty around which businesses are included

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Speaker 1: in that change, and one of them joins me on.

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Speaker 2: The line right now.

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Speaker 1: So joining me on the line is Michael was known

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Speaker 1: asza As I understand it.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you?

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Speaker 3: Was morning k a you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, really good mate?

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Speaker 1: Now you are from You're the manager out there at

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Speaker 1: Thirsty Camel out at Howard.

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Speaker 2: Springs, Is that right? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Correct?

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Speaker 2: Now tell me when did.

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Speaker 1: You find out that your store would be included in

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Speaker 1: this change to trading hours.

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Speaker 3: Fishery found out Friday from Alex Bruce Friday. Yeah, not

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Speaker 3: much time given.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean how difficult is that for you then

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Speaker 1: in terms of your rostering and all that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, No, I made it very hard because we do

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Speaker 3: four nightly rosters and obviously everyone has their set hours

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Speaker 3: and people being casual, we've probabsly had to take a

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Speaker 3: bit of a brunt and coming up to Christmas time,

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Speaker 3: it was a very good news to give them. So

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Speaker 3: it's definitely keep this door on the pans a bit

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Speaker 3: out of here, so's not nice.

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Speaker 1: Was that? Tell me? I mean, did you guys have

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Speaker 1: any inkling that you were going to be included because

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Speaker 1: you're sort of on the periphery of that boundary that

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Speaker 1: they'd spoken about.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely. When it first came out, we thought would

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Speaker 3: be all clear, being a live bit further out of

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Speaker 3: Parmesan and dow On itself. So when I did hear

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Speaker 3: about it from Alex, I was very very surprised.

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Speaker 1: Oh mate, what has been the reaction from the workers

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Speaker 1: that were not expecting to have their hours reduced?

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Speaker 3: No, it wasn't good everyone. As soon as it happened,

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Speaker 3: and we work sure if we were to be impacted

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Speaker 3: or not. The boys came to me and ask me

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Speaker 3: what to do. They didn't have to get second jobs

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Speaker 3: or what to do because obviously come up to christenin

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Speaker 3: to everyone's got mortgages and insurance and bills to pay,

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Speaker 3: so it was a bit of a shock to everyone,

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Speaker 3: and everyone want a bit of panic stations, to be honest, Yeah, I.

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Speaker 1: Mean what impact is it going to have on stuff?

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Speaker 1: Are they going to have to take second jobs? What

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Speaker 1: are they going to do.

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Speaker 3: I'm going to try and look after everyone as well

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Speaker 3: as I can, but obviously its going to be a

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Speaker 3: bit harder reducing ten hours a week from our trading times.

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Speaker 3: So honestly, people will be prodic for second jobs just

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Speaker 3: to get through if they have to, because financially it's

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Speaker 3: a bit of a burden, and I do for sorry

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Speaker 3: for them, but I'm fortunately when you've got a business,

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Speaker 3: we can't just have people sitting here for two hours

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Speaker 3: tooling that album. So it does make it hard.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well that's exactly right.

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Speaker 1: Hey, tell me what impact is it going to have operationally,

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Speaker 1: you know, in terms of your stocking and all that

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Speaker 1: kind of stuff.

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Speaker 3: So truck drivers normally get here nice and early so

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Speaker 3: we can get the load away before opening hours. So

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Speaker 3: if the loads keep here later, which potentially could happen,

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Speaker 3: then the bottle shop's going to be sealed up with

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Speaker 3: palettes and it's not going to be easy operation wisee

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Speaker 3: So that's going to definitely be a pain for us

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Speaker 3: seeing reps that come out early in the morning. Obviously

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Speaker 3: they can't get out and see me because I won't

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Speaker 3: be until probably ten o'clock. So it does make it

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Speaker 3: hard in a lot of aspects.

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Speaker 1: What about you know with that midday opening time, will

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Speaker 1: it have any impact on I mean you sort of

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Speaker 1: touched on it, but are the deliveries and that kind

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Speaker 1: of thing as well.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so it definitely will take a told with the

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Speaker 3: with the delivery story. So obviously got a little work

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Speaker 3: around that, and I've got to talk to all the

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Speaker 3: reps and all the different companies that we receive alcohol

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Speaker 3: from and get go from there.

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Speaker 2: Mate.

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Speaker 1: How are you guys all feeling as this sort of

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Speaker 1: comes into effect today?

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Speaker 3: Mate? Honestly, it kicked me in a fair bit in

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Speaker 3: the guts on Friday, changing the sign out the front

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Speaker 3: to get operation times out the front and change you

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Speaker 3: get Monday to Friday twelve to ten the kick time,

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Speaker 3: and it hurts everyone. We were had to be a

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Speaker 3: lump in our throat on Friday seeing the time. Shane's

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Speaker 3: hopefully when they look at it in six weeks that

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Speaker 3: it goes back to ten because it's a bit of

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Speaker 3: a tough one for us.

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Speaker 1: Has it been hard for you as a manager sort

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Speaker 1: of having to you know, to deliver that news tool

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Speaker 1: of staff as well, that their hours are being reduced

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Speaker 1: in the leading to Christmas?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, mate, to be honest, Like it's hard enough like

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Speaker 3: running a business, let alone having to get the news

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Speaker 3: to tell you boys that this is what's happening. And

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Speaker 3: yet christal time couldn't have picked the worst time to

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Speaker 3: be honest and to not you talk to about it

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Speaker 3: like prior, like having three days and you don't have

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Speaker 3: the answers to be honest, like not fighting out until

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Speaker 3: Friday that we're in effect like a kick in as

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Speaker 3: of Monday. It's hard to deliver the news because you

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Speaker 3: don't have the answers.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I bet it is. Do you look and do

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Speaker 1: you think it's going to make much of a difference.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you've been working king, You've been doing your

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Speaker 1: job for quite some time as I understand it, You've

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Speaker 1: been in the in the NT.

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Speaker 2: For quite some time.

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Speaker 1: Do you think it's going to make much of a

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Speaker 1: difference in terms of, you know, people coming in and

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Speaker 1: purchasing their alcohol and then some of the impacts that

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Speaker 1: we see.

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Speaker 3: I honestly don't think that cutting it back to tent

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Speaker 3: blocks from ten o'clock to twelve o'clock is going to

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Speaker 3: make a difference securely, for the fact that the people

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Speaker 3: we get in the morning are just doing their routine.

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Speaker 3: It's like a bottle of wine, it's a box of beer.

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Speaker 3: It's not going out to have a party. So there

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Speaker 3: was a bit of a golbsmack situation when we found

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Speaker 3: out that it was twelve o'clock. So I don't think

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Speaker 3: it's going to change much at all.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, right, So what kind of shoppers do you really

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Speaker 1: get between the hours of ten and twelve? Is it

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Speaker 1: more you know, people coming in for their weekly bottle

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Speaker 1: of wine or carton and that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 3: It's normally your older generation, like your thenes have come

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Speaker 3: through and they go in the morning, they get all

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Speaker 3: their shopping done and get their bolish area or on

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Speaker 3: the wine or box a beer just to get them

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Speaker 3: through the few days. And it's always good to have

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Speaker 3: a chat with them and like Bay tell us what's

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Speaker 3: going on for the weekend. It's always good to have

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Speaker 3: that relationship with them. So for that to get taken

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Speaker 3: back to twelve o'clock. I think it's going to impact

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Speaker 3: them as well, because that's going to change their ytine

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Speaker 3: in the morning.

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Speaker 1: Well, so, mate, I really appreciate you having a chat

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Speaker 1: with me this morning, and big shout out to you

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Speaker 1: to all of your staff out there as well. Tell

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Speaker 1: them all we said good a and please keep us

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Speaker 1: up to date and let us know how things are

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Speaker 1: tracking with these changes.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well do, thank you very much, good time.

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Speaker 2: Thanks mate, I appreciate it.