Canberra businesses on what govt must do to meet 2030 jobs target

The Canberra Times

Stakeholders from the tourism, hospitality and higher education weigh in - Canberra Reptile Zoo, Such and Such restaurant, and University of Canberra.

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00:00 A lot of the bigger tourist attractions here in the ACT

00:03 seem to be governmentally supported.

00:08 So there's some of the bigger attractions

00:10 in the Parliamentary Triangle, and that's great.

00:13 And then there's an awful lot of money

00:15 being put into those attractions, which is also great.

00:20 But what we find is we feel being a small business

00:23 and a not-for-profit business at that,

00:25 as we are here at the Reptile Zoo,

00:26 we feel a little bit isolated from that funding

00:29 and the support that's given to those bigger organisations.

00:32 So I think some of the smaller guys like us,

00:34 and there are four major attractions out here

00:37 at Gold Creek Village, and we are four very unique

00:41 and very successful attractions.

00:43 We'd like to see a bit more cooperation and support

00:46 from the bigger governmentally funded tourist attractions.

00:49 Yeah.

00:50 - In terms of growing the industry,

00:51 having a lot more communication between industry leaders

00:55 like restaurants like ourselves

00:57 that operate at almost like a higher level

01:01 as well as people in each kind of sector.

01:05 I think our industry is really broad

01:07 and trying to do a one-size-fits-all

01:10 is not really gonna cut it.

01:12 So I think just having a bit more communication

01:14 with restaurants and cafes and things

01:17 about what that actually means and how we can approach it.

01:21 There's also been some previous things like wage subsidies

01:24 and things like that from the government

01:26 that have really helped us both upskill

01:29 and provide security for our staff.

01:32 So having another thing like that over the next coming years

01:36 will be really helpful to us as well.

01:39 (silence)

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