gambling reform & gambling harm awareness
Today’s Sydney Morning Herald carries a story about Clubs Australia’s response to Andrew Wilkie’s commitment to introducing a $1 “per-push” cap on poker machines....
Take a look through the pokie-related news stories of the past few days, and one name pops up nine times out of ten. Andrew...
I recently wrote about regional caps on pokies in Victoria, using the City of Hume as an example of how they work… or don’t...
One thing that has always puzzled me about pokies in Victoria is the idea of caps. Sure, as a concept it’s pretty simple; every...
What a day to break my silence on this blog! It’s been just over a week since I’ve added anything to cyenne.com, although not...
Last night saw an interesting moment in the current Federal election campaign. Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, live on stage at the Rooty Hill...
Something curious is happening in the City of Darebin. A local paper, the Northcote Leader, ran a couple of stories recently (here and here)...
I’ve held off on commenting too much about this over the past week or so, but here we are. Two weeks out from the...
It’s hard to imagine any other legal leisure activity that is as widely reviled and criticised as playing the pokies. The large percentage of...
I’m not one to laugh at the misfortune of others. Lord knows I’ve created enough misfortune in my own life for me to ever...
The following article by Sue Neales was published in The Mercury on 24 July 2010. It is an exceptional analysis of the impact of...
At the risk of becoming obsessed with the Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation, they’re just such a big target. When VCAT and the Supreme...
Fantastic news from the Peninsula this morning. At a time when it seems that, despite everything they say, the VCGR is falling over themselves...
I believe this is an exclusive… at least, I haven’t seen any reference to this anywhere else, and believe me, I’ve been looking. We’ve...
