Nationals Candidate for Calare Sam Farraway pledges new policy push.

WATCH: Nationals Candidate for Calare pledges policy to help local pubs.

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00:00Thanks for having us today in Kilauea, out here talking to the AHA about the impact of

00:12excise tax and what it does to you here, and what it does to the social cohesion and the

00:18networking of people in coalitions like this, hubs across the electorate, hubs across Australia.

00:22Very pleased to be invited out here by my great mate, Sam Faraway, candidate for Kilauea,

00:27hopefully the next member.

00:28Today was an important day to sit down with publicans and club operators across Kilauea

00:34and across the Central West.

00:36We know the cost of living crisis is real.

00:39We know that also the cost of doing business crisis is very real.

00:43If you are in the hospitality sector, the biannual excise increase is hurting your business

00:50operations, your venues, your pubs and clubs right across the country, but there is also

00:55a real impact for those that operate pubs, clubs and these venues right here in the Central

01:01West.

01:02I'm calling on Labor, to begin with, to freeze the excise for two years.

01:08The reality is that our pubs and clubs are a vital anchor in our regional community.

01:14It's just disappointing to see the constant stress that our pubs, clubs and venues are

01:20under with these biannual excise increases.

01:24We're making sure that they remain the pivotal and anchor that they are in so many of our

01:30regional communities.