Liberals’ ‘Individual Responsibility, Corporate Entitlement’ Pokies Plan
Both the Premier and the Treasurer delivered a disappointing and underwhelming response to questions on the future of the Federal gambling monopoly.
Both the Premier and the Treasurer delivered a disappointing and underwhelming response to questions on the future of the Federal gambling monopoly.
Yesterday, the Treasurer accused the Greens of playing politics with pokies when we called for the expanded terms of reference.
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.
Yesterday at a function at MONA the Premier sat next to the businessman whose family refused permission to alter the Federal monopoly deed.
The latest Treasury monthly break-down figures reveal Tasmanians lost a staggering $207, 340, 156 on poker machines from December 2013 to December 2014.