Terms of Reference Just Liberal Policy
Each poker machine in Launceston, excluding the casino, takes $52 170 from the local community.
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.
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.
We know Tasmanians want to have a say on the number, type, design and location of poker machines in Tasmania.
Treasurer Gutwein squibbed his responsibility to protect Tasmanians from the harm caused by pokes, missing the opportunity for once in a generation reform.
On behalf of the Tasmanian Greens MPs, I pay respect to the palawa/pakana people of Tasmania, to their treasured elders, past and present.
Anglicare's interactive pokie map makes a strong, clear statement about the scale of problem we are tackling in Tasmania.
As the Federal Group monopoly deed comes to an end the Treasurer has a once in a generation chance to better protect our community.
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.