When the Premier sat next to Greg Farrell at MONA yesterday, did he think about Tasmania's 2,500 problem gamblers?
The documentary 'Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation', that aired on ABC last night reinforced what we have known for many years.
Treasurer Gutwein is failing to stand up for both disadvantaged Tasmanians and the cultural icon, MONA, in his acquiescence to Federal Hotels.
The Liberal Government was given a very simple choice by MONA, embrace the new Tasmanian economy or fall back into step with Federal Hotels.
July saw pokie losses in Tasmania jump to their highest level in 3 years, raising questions of how the Hodgman Government plan to support the community.
The Treasurer's Federal monopoly rhetoric in Parliament today remains empty and meaningless, despite its bombastic delivery.
Treasurer Peter Gutwein made it clear he is prepared to do Federal Hotels' bidding and extend the destructive gambling monopoly deal beyond 2018.
Tasmanians lost almost $194m in the 2014-15 financial year, which equates to nearly $4m more than the previous financial year.
The odds are already stacked against patrons who play the pokies, and with those machines malfunctioning the losses are set to be even greater.
The latest poker machines losses figures reveal Tasmanians lost $17, 203, 985 for the month of January this year, an increase on the December losses.