Yesterday, the Treasurer accused the Greens of playing politics with pokies when we called for the expanded terms of reference.
The Treasurer's Terms of Reference for the Joint Select Committee on gambling read more like a tax-payer funded focus group than public consultation.
Each poker machine in Launceston, excluding the casino, takes $52 170 from the local community.
The Treasurer has made it clear that he does not want to give Tasmanians a real say on the location, number, type and design of poker machines in Tasmania.
We know Tasmanians want to have a say on the number, type, design and location of poker machines in Tasmania.
Anglicare's interactive pokie map makes a strong, clear statement about the scale of problem we are tackling in Tasmania.
The finances of many Tasmanians look very bleak in the light of Treasury's pokie loss figures for December.
Federal Hotels' pitch to link a $100M refurbishment to an extension of the pokies monopoly deed is an unashamed attempt to hold the state to ransom.
Treasurer Gutwein isn't fooling Tasmanians. Anglicare's EMRS poll shows that, with 4 out of 5 people wanting pokies out of our pubs and clubs.
The EMRS opinion poll on poker machines confirms that the overwhelming majority of Tasmanians do not support the proliferation of these addictive machines.
