As if it wasn’t already obvious from Jeremy Rockliff’s responses to the Greens in Parliament, we now have even more evidence the Liberals have scrapped their promised pokies reforms.
Standing with the head of the pokies lobby, the Premier told the media “a more measured approach” was needed for pokies reform. Translating the politician-speak, Jeremy Rockliff is saying he is no longer going ahead with the critical measures his government had previously promised.
The pokies lobbyists are winning yet again. Watering down the key pillars of the pokies pre-commitment card is a shameful decision that will mean more harm done to more Tasmanians. All of this simply to protect the profits of the pokies industry.
This is a terrible capitulation from a Premier who promised to lead a government with ‘heart’. We now see that pokies profits are more important to the Liberals than the health and wellbeing of Tasmanians.
