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".
In an earlier answer, the secretary talked about a significant review of liquor licensing arrangements. Is it possible to have some further detail on that review, like what the ...
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.
Why these people advocated so hard for reigning in pokies is because they cause significant addiction. They cause significant harm and that is proven.
Pokies are indeed a scourge. They are a significant scourge on our society and they cost us dearly. They are designed to addict. They are programmed to win.
New Treasury data shows that Tasmanians lost $18.4 million to electronic gaming machines in July 2025 – the largest amount lost in a month since August 2020.
The donations from the pokies industry are once again flowing to Labor and Liberal politicians in an election campaign.
In a damaging new low, the Liberals have now stopped even pretending they’re still looking to implement long-promised harm minimising pre-commitment cards for poker machines.
Mr Ferguson remains committed to mandatory precommitment cards in the public interest. In fact, he has vowed it so. He also reassured the House that the Premier would be, too.
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.