The Australian Electoral Commission’s latest political donations disclosures reveal the Tasmanian Hospitality Association donated $217,700 to the Liberals between 27 and 30 June.
The government needs to come clean. How much was too much to pay for the loss limit card? And how much will their new policies cost?
The Liberals’ newly released pokies policies are nothing more than a sham.
Gambling products can be extremely addictive, and they can be lethal. We have got the most addictive electronic gaming machines anywhere in the world, here in Australia and in Tasm
I'd like to turn to the community support levy, which is the levy collected from the gambling industry, and 25 per cent of it is for the benefit of charitable organisations...
Today we have discovered the Liberals' plan to manage gambling addiction is to allow that industry to employ so-called 'Gaming Care Officers' to "promote sensible gambling".
Reports that the Victorian Government has watered down its pokies mandatory pre-commitment card trial shows why the Tasmanian Government needs to lead the way.
The MaxGaming report provides clear evidence the reform pathway was on track, all that was needed was ministerial approval. But Premier Rockliff caved to the pokies lobby.
This week we have had the government announce a terrible decision to abandon their mandatory pre commitment card pokies policy. This news was devastating.
As was evidenced yesterday, we have significant issues of trust in relation to the government's transparency on this issue. It is an issue of significant public importance.