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.
Yesterday, the government announced a huge change in policy, one that has been the subject of much debate in this place in recent weeks, indeed since the state election.
That the House orders the Premier to table the report provided by MaxGaming regarding the implementation of mandatory precommitment cards for poker machines by 5 p.m. ...
Surely, you must agree that the public has a right to understand on what basis the government has taken this sickening decision? This is the most basic form of transparency.
You put the interests of the pokies lobby ahead of vulnerable people. Premier, if you are willing to deceive them, how can Tasmanians have any confidence in you as Premier?
You have misled problem gamblers, you deceived Michael Ferguson and your colleagues, and you lied to the people of Tasmania. What do you say to them today?