The Liquor and Gaming Commissioner has been scathing of the Liberals' pokies policy in the Legislative Council's Inquiry into Poker Machine Harm Minimisation.
The ACT Government has announced a suite of reforms to reduce pokies losses, including a mandatory card-based play with voluntary loss limits.
I rise to talk about some devastating poker machine losses that were published last week.
New Treasury data shows Tasmanians lost over $18 million to poker machines in July – the worst monthly loss to pokies in a year.
Premier Jeremy Rockliff should intervene and return government poker machine policy to genuine harm reduction via a card-based play system.
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...
