00:02Cafe owner Will Priestley says being in business has never been harder or more complex.
00:08I know a lot of people who are trying to get out because the risks, you know, running a business.
00:14There are a lot of risks, but now there's no reward.
00:18From hospitality...
00:19Some cats love being up on shoulders.
00:21...to animal hospitals experiencing staff shortages.
00:25Business owners across the country are under stress.
00:28The worry about the actual mental health of my staff is one of the predominant things that affects me.
00:34A survey of Australian business owners found 36% report being diagnosed with a mental health condition,
00:42up from 30% two years ago.
00:44With 87% saying their work contributed a little to their condition
00:49and more than a quarter saying it contributed a great deal.
00:53There is absolutely an increased complexity and the volume of regulatory reform appears to be not slowing down.
01:03It says there is a human cost to this and the government must act.
01:07Every government needs to be in touch with small business.
01:10Talking about the issues facing small business, I think every MP does.
01:13Some 30 businesses are going under every day.
01:15And it's hardly surprising when almost none of the Federal Labor Cabinet come from a small business background.
01:22Across the broader community, Beyond Blue has found half of people surveyed reported recent symptoms of depression and anxiety.
01:32Cost of living remains a leading driver of distress, which has flow-ons from the general population to the business
01:39community.
01:40Our customers want to spend less money and the cost of running a business is getting much higher.
01:48So, yeah, we're getting squeezed.
01:50A vicious cycle taking a toll on business owners.
01:54And these are just some other people.
01:54And these are only LIVE folks that live in the United States,
01:54which we always tell the audience and have that have got two,
01:54And these are all those people of the federal government.
01:54Something is Christian to the system.
01:54So, yeah.
01:55That's perfect.
01:55That means we're gettingölln and we're getting out of here.
01:55We're getting to get more people out of here.
01:55For the present, we're getting $555.
01:55This is for the fact that we're getting from zero.
01:56This is what we're getting ready to do to get into there.
01:56We're getting to do the question,
01:56We're getting to the right.
01:56And these are going to be something that we're getting into.
01:56We're getting to know about 200.
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