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.
The newly released Deloitte Report looking at the mandatory precommitment card for poker machines provides a comprehensive endorsement of this critical reform.
What will you as Treasurer do to minimise the harm to problem gamblers by implementing the policy that you have and the recommendations of the gaming commission to implement this