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Katie Woolf spoke with The Planet Tenpin owner Bruno Maglieri · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 2: Well, if you've been watching, or listening or reading the
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  Speaker 2: news over the last few days, you would know that
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  Speaker 2: Planet Tenpin, well, we're in a situation where they are
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  Speaker 2: going to be closing up. And I tell you what,
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  Speaker 2: it's something that so many in the community are feeling
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  Speaker 2: really pretty sad about. But it seems the owners are
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  Speaker 2: forced into this decision at this point in time, so it's.
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  Speaker 3: A really tough one.
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  Speaker 2: Now. I've honestly had so many people get in contact
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  Speaker 2: with me about this, sending me messages on Facebook and really,
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  Speaker 2: you know, just wanting to say how much they love
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  Speaker 2: the planet, but also try to find some kind of
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  Speaker 2: solution to the situation that they're.
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  Speaker 3: In at the moment.
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  Speaker 2: Now joining us on the line is the owner of
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  Speaker 2: Planet Tenpin, Bruno Malieri.
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  Speaker 3: Good morning to you, Bruno.
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  Speaker 4: Good morning, Bruno.
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  Speaker 2: Can you talk us through the situation as it stands
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  Speaker 2: for you guys at the planet.
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  Speaker 4: Well, at the moment, we're trying to relocate our business.
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  Speaker 4: We've done everything we have to do up to this point,
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  Speaker 4: it's been a couple of year projects, quite a bit
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  Speaker 4: has gone into it. We can't seem to get the
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  Speaker 4: finance for just over fifty percent of the funds required
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  Speaker 4: to make it all happen.
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  Speaker 2: And mate, I know that you guys have been trying
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  Speaker 2: really very hard sort of you know, going like trying
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  Speaker 2: your best to look at different options and do various
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  Speaker 2: different things to be able to come up with a solution,
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  Speaker 2: haven't you.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, absolutely we've gone. We've put a couple a few
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  Speaker 4: different models on the table and we've done a full
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  Speaker 4: business plan and development viability study. It's been quite a
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  Speaker 4: bit of money on that, and yeah, it seems like
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  Speaker 4: it's a good idea and everything and everyone's behind it.
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  Speaker 4: That we still can't get the resources to make that happen.
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  Speaker 2: So for those out there listening who maybe aren't aware
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  Speaker 2: as to why you've got to leave the current premises,
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  Speaker 2: talk us through that.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, Well, the owners of the site have got our
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  Speaker 4: development planned looks will go ahead this time. It could
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  Speaker 4: start as early as July, probably won't start to later
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  Speaker 4: in a year. But actually there's no longer in future here,
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  Speaker 4: so we have to move on. Just how it is.
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  Speaker 4: We've known for a while we will go and have
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  Speaker 4: a final new location. That's why we've been working on
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  Speaker 4: the project for a couple of years now, and that's
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  Speaker 4: where we're out at the land now.
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  Speaker 2: I know, as you've mentioned, you've been looking at lots
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  Speaker 2: of different options, trying your best to sort of, you know,
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  Speaker 2: to come up with a different plan. But at the
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  Speaker 2: end of the day, it's an incredibly expensive process to
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  Speaker 2: try and find a new location for you guys, isn't.
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  Speaker 4: It absolutely to relocate crowd in the facility. It's at
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  Speaker 4: least a couple of million dollar projects, so it's not
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  Speaker 4: easy to do. You can't just pick up the lanes
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  Speaker 4: and move them. These machines are over sixty five years old,
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  Speaker 4: so they're not eahould have moved around or anything. So yeah,
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  Speaker 4: it's a big project and we thought we're on the
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  Speaker 4: right in the right direction, but we're not quite there yet.
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  Speaker 2: Oh Bruno, you know, what are some of the options
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  Speaker 2: that you've got And I guess, you know, are they
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  Speaker 2: like what? I don't know whether that you know, whether
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  Speaker 2: asking what are some of the solutions is the right
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  Speaker 2: question to.
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  Speaker 3: Ask, but you know, I guess what what can be
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  Speaker 3: done here.
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  Speaker 4: Well, there's not a lot of options. Obviously we have
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  Speaker 4: to relokay, so we have to find the resources to
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  Speaker 4: do that, whether we do it ourselves with a bank
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  Speaker 4: land or whether we do it in conjunction with the
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  Speaker 4: sport and the government. It's hard to say. We've like
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  Speaker 4: Overendo all options. But it's not about our business at
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  Speaker 4: the end of the day. It's more about the the
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  Speaker 4: facilities being there for the community. Yes, sport, people with
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  Speaker 4: specially needs, juniors, people try to trying to have a
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  Speaker 4: good time. It's not just about the business. It's about community.
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  Speaker 3: Yep, Oh it really is.
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  Speaker 2: And and I know you guys have had for years
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  Speaker 2: in there the you know, so many community members getting
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  Speaker 2: in there to bowl like competitively, but also I guess
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  Speaker 2: you know people training to go away for the sport
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  Speaker 2: as well. Oh.
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely, we've got some of the best bowlers in the
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  Speaker 4: country bowling this year we've had we've got two ladies
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  Speaker 4: in the Australian squad at the moment. We've had several
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  Speaker 4: people make Australian teams from go and nts won the
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  Speaker 4: national competition several times. Not many sports and say they've go.
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  Speaker 2: No, that's exactly right, We've got some incredible bowlers and
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  Speaker 2: we are going to very shortly catch up with the
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  Speaker 2: president of ten Pin Bowling, the ten Pin Bowling Association, Janine.
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  Speaker 2: But Bruno, just talking, I guess the nitty gritty here.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's a two point five million dollar project
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  Speaker 2: as I understand it just reading from you know, from
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  Speaker 2: the pressure release that you've sent out, and it has
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  Speaker 2: a one point two million dollars shortfall and you've so
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  Speaker 2: you've been a situation where you've not secured a finance deal.
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  Speaker 3: What are the options?
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  Speaker 2: I mean realistically, is this something that you guys could
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  Speaker 2: go alone or do you really need the government or
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  Speaker 2: somebody to kind of step in here and do business
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  Speaker 2: with you.
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  Speaker 4: Well, we've done a full business plan and we've got
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  Speaker 4: the full costumes and everything else is yep, it's basically
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  Speaker 4: it's viable to do as a business loan and on
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  Speaker 4: our own. Yeah, we're happy to do it. We're here
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  Speaker 4: for the sport and the community, so we're basically copy
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  Speaker 4: you do it any way that works.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, So if we can get alone, we'll just do
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  Speaker 4: it and help the sport in the background. Any way
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  Speaker 4: we can someone helped us out and I'll get a
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  Speaker 4: lot more support that way, And yeah, I guess a
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  Speaker 4: little work out better in the long run.
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  Speaker 2: Oh mate, it sounds like you guys are trying your
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  Speaker 2: best and I, from what I can gather, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the whole sort of ten pin community is right behind you, guys.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, I guess we need you know, we
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  Speaker 2: need Yeah, we need some help to make this happen.
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  Speaker 2: Or you guys need some help to make this happen.
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  Speaker 2: Is it a matter of you know, have you sourced
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  Speaker 2: or have you been able to find different locations that
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  Speaker 2: may be suitable or are you still you know, like,
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  Speaker 2: where are we at?
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  Speaker 4: Okay, locations are an issue. There's plenty of locations available.
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  Speaker 4: We actually found a location we think the best location
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  Speaker 4: for the future of the sport and the business. It's
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  Speaker 4: basically for the sport to be successful, it needs a
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  Speaker 4: business that is viable, that is supporting it. That's the
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  Speaker 4: way poling centers work at the moment ly, so that's
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  Speaker 4: pretty much what has to happen. So we've worked out
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  Speaker 4: the best location. We've got a lease offer on the table,
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  Speaker 4: We've got all the plans ready to go. We just
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  Speaker 4: haven't secured the finance.
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  Speaker 2: Goodness mate, who is there anybody, I mean, can the
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  Speaker 2: government step in and help here in some way to
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  Speaker 2: help you guys secure that finance or what's the you know,
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  Speaker 2: what can happen?
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  Speaker 4: Well, I'm not really sure. We spoke a lot of
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  Speaker 4: people and they've said that there's a lot of talk
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  Speaker 4: going on, but there doesn't give me any commitment. We've
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  Speaker 4: looked at loans. For example, there were COVID bounced back
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  Speaker 4: loans of up to a million dollars. We didn't qualify BECA.
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  Speaker 4: We've just missed out on round two of the hardships
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  Speaker 4: of the job keeper system, so things like that probably
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  Speaker 4: would have been helpful. But certainly know how well, I
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  Speaker 4: just thought financially something you could get when you had
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  Speaker 4: a good plan. And we're still looking at the options
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  Speaker 4: in that area.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah well, yeah, goodness mate. I mean, I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: maybe somebody out there listening will we'll be able to
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  Speaker 2: get in contact and you know, and yeah, I point
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  Speaker 2: out some other options. I know that you're working with
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  Speaker 2: the government at this point in time, or you've certainly
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  Speaker 2: spoken with the government, like you said, there's been meetings
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  Speaker 2: et cetera. BRU, and I really hope that there's some
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  Speaker 2: kind of solution able to be found here. I know
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  Speaker 2: that it's something that you're working incredibly hard on.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. I look ideally at this stage, were just like
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  Speaker 4: a meeting with maybe the government and the sports and
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  Speaker 4: all get together and work out what's best for everyone.
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  Speaker 4: I guess. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Well, and you know, I.
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  Speaker 2: Do wonder could the government sort of guarantee alone similar
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  Speaker 2: to you know, to what they've maybe done for something
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  Speaker 2: like the turf club at Silks.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I'm not really sure what the government can and
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  Speaker 4: can't do. I'm not really an expert.
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  Speaker 2: On what.
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  Speaker 3: Neither am I Bruno.
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  Speaker 4: I'd like to sit down and have a chat and
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  Speaker 4: see what they can do.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, well mate, please let us know how you go.
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  Speaker 2: I you know, I hope that I hope that you
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  Speaker 2: are able to get a sit down meeting with them
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  Speaker 2: and something's able to be worked through here.
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  Speaker 3: But please keep us up to date.
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  Speaker 2: As I said, you know, you've got so much support
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  Speaker 2: from the community and and you know, so much support
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  Speaker 2: obviously from the ten pin bowling community that that really
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  Speaker 2: want a solution to be able to be found.
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely, the community's been great with this. Yeah, it's been
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  Speaker 4: overwhelming at times. Yeah, I'm not sure what I was
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  Speaker 4: I can say no.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, Bruno, thanks so much for having your chat with
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  Speaker 2: us this morning, and please do keep us up to
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  Speaker 2: date and and you we'll see what we can find
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  Speaker 2: out from our side as well.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, Thank Katie, thank you. That is Bruno there
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  Speaker 3: from Planet Tenpin, the owner