It’s day nine of the State election campaign and the Premier still hasn’t told Tasmanians what deal his government stitched up with the Farrell family on the ca
Tasmanians still don’t know what they’ll be paying to subsidise the casino pokies tax deal the Liberals have struck with Federal Group.
Tasmanian Labor has abandoned employees at casinos, pubs and clubs in its indecent haste to lock in gambling industry donations and support.
Labor has been forced to reveal its complete abandonment of principle and capitulation to the gambling industry, but the Premier continues to be slippery.
Both Peter Gutwein and Rebecca White are being willfully evasive with Tasmanian voters over their respective positions on pokies.
We’re five days in to an election, called one year early and Tasmanian voters are none the wiser about the casino pokies tax deal until 2043.
With both the Liberal and Labor parties now set to back in the extension of pokies in pubs and clubs until 2043, more transparency is needed.
Yesterday the treasurer confirmed that the government are in negotiations with the Federal Group about the casino tax rates that will apply.
Minister Ferguson confirmed in Budget Estimates profound social harm caused by pokies is set to continue, despite legislation being delayed.
There are social welfare advocates who have said that policy will cause enormous social and economic harm.
