given that, you know, you're already sort of, uh, short on workers given the, the, you know, the WA situation with the, you know, a labor market shortage just generally in, in the resources industry? Yes, Stuart, that's, that's a good question. Um, look, we're obviously watching it and monitoring it as, uh, very closely, um, and, you know, trying to put in the contingency plans and the learnings which we've got from managing it, and we've managed it effectively a- at Red Lake and Cowal. Um, but, you know, unless there is, uh, some, someone finds a cure, uh, for COVID, which does not seem to be the case, because people who are triple vacs still seem to, to be catching the omicron, uh, variants, uh, in, in New South Wales and Canada and around the world. Uh, then you'd have to think that at some point in time, if West, Western Australia opens up, uh, omicron is gonna, i- is gonna spread through Western Australia. So we are gonna do our best to put in contingency plans, but if you couple that with, uh, a skill shortage, uh, it does put, uh, the whole mining industry in Western Australia at, at some risk. Great. Thanks. Thanks for that, Jake. Thank you. Your next question comes from Nick Evans from The Australian. Please go ahead. Um, <inaudible>. I'm just juggling my phone. Um, good day, good day team. Um, just, um, just to follow up Stuart's question, Jake. Just in terms of New South Wales in particular, how are you sort of thinking about the, the spread of omicron in New South Wales? Do you think that sort of Cowal or your operation there have seen the worst of it? Or what are you expecting this kind of level of absenteeism to, um, continue for some time? And just in, in terms of WA, I, I thought I detected a, sort of a, a note of frustration in your voice when you talked about not being able to have, um, not being able to visit it. I mean, do you think that, um, in terms of dealing with the inevitable split in WA that the state government should have bitten the bullet and, and done it now, or, or do you think there was, um, you know, there was some benefit to, to delaying the reopening in WA? Uh, thanks, Nick. I'll, I'll, I'll answer the second question first. Yeah, uh, our, our preference would've been to have the Western Australian border opened, um, earlier. Um, you know, it just seems like you're in some ways deferring the inevitable, uh, by keeping it closed, as I said earlier, unless there is a cure, which is not on the horizon. Um, it is gonna be present and it is gonna have to be dealt with at some point in time, even if it is deferred, um, it's not gonna be eliminated. Um, it does feel like other places, uh, like New South Wales and, uh, Ontario and the rest of the world is learning how to manage this. Um, and certainly at our operations while it has been a big distraction, uh, we have been able to manage through it and, uh, we are getting more comfortable that we can, we can manage it. Um, it has, um, distracted the management teams a lot, um, but with proper process and, um, proper protocols, uh, it can be managed effectively. Thanks, Jake. Appreciate that. Thank you. Your next question comes from Jim Polik from <inaudible> Associates. Please go ahead. Yes, good morning, everybody. And, uh, thanks, uh, Jake. Um, I think it was you who said in your introduction that the second half of the financial year, uh, would be materially better. I was just wondering where we can expect to see, uh, material, uh, improvements, um, in, in which operations? Yeah, Jim, I think thanks. Um, uh, there are two areas which I'd say you should look out for. Uh, the one is Red Lake, uh, that was spoken about at length on this call. Um, we expect to see a material improvement in production and reduction in costs over there. Uh, and the second one is the acquisition of Ernest Henry, uh, will be, uh, fully, uh, incorporated into our results on 100% basis from the 1st of January. Uh, and that will also have a material impact. All right. Good. I wasn't going to ask. Well, I thought I'd be a little bit different and not ask any questions on Ernest Henry, but thanks for, uh, including that answer. Um, given the, uh, the rain problems you've had in, in New South Wales and Queensland, um, just for example, in, uh, at Mt. Rawdon, what, uh, what tonnage of material, low grade material do you have stockpiled that you can keep the mill running on? I think we have very significant, uh, low grade stock piles. That's not the issue. The issue is more, uh, we wanna access the more profitable, um, low cost, uh, ounces in the pit. Right. But, uh, the, there's, um, if you had to depend, um, um, this is a hypothetical question. If you had to depend 100% on, uh, stock pile material, you have many years ahead of you, uh, I assume, uh, many years life left. Yes, we do. Right. Okay. Um- <inaudible>. what's the sit- what's the situation at Cowal? Uh, large stock piles there? Yes, very large, uh, stock piles there as well. Um, that's what we are treating before the, uh, we got into the stage age cut back, which we're now treating all grade materials, so, I'm very comfortable there as well. Yep. Good. Okay. Finally, look, uh, I've been asked to ask you what, what's your best contact, uh, way of contacting you? Uh, Dr. Sandra Close did attempt to, uh, well, did, did try to contact you or did contact, uh, the, uh, the office, uh, before Christmas, but got no reply. What's, what's the best way of, uh, uh, her getting something to you? I think if you go through the, the website, um, we will respond that. All right. Thanks. Best of luck. Good. Okay. Fine. That's me. Thanks very much. Thanks, Jim. Thank you. Your next question comes from Anthony Barich from SNP global. Please go ahead. Hi, Jake. I'm just wondering, you mentioned earlier on about, uh, some of the headwind, it seems to be front of mind. Just wondering, just for the gold sector, you know, um, how much are they front of mind in, in the context of what's going on in the bigger picture? You know, and are you, I'm not expecting any crystal balling for the gold sector or anything here, but are you overall more optimistic than not, you know, for the, for the, uh, coming year? Yeah, I'm very optimistic. I mean, we've repositioned our portfolio to be, you know, profitable right through the cycle, as we've said. Um, we've… You know, if you take our portfolio 12 months on from the beginning of 2021 to the end, uh, it's, it's materially better. We did