A couple of months ago, I wrote a piece about the pokies of the City of Whittlesea. It all seemed a bit strange, what...
the bridge inn – a whittlesea backflip
November 21, 2010
Monthly Archive: November 2010
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gambling and the victorian election of 2010
Back when the Federal election was steaming its way towards its unusual conclusion (it seems so long ago now!), I posted a number of...
November 20, 2010 -
a tale of depression, poker machines and the written word
I’ve been writing this blog for about five months now, which seems strange as I can’t imagine my life without it. Cyenne has changed...
November 15, 2010 -
clubs dodge another bullet in NSW
The political winds of change are blowing through NSW. A couple of days ago, new laws affecting political donations and campaign expenditure were passed...
November 14, 2010 -
vcat takes notice of a lone voice in preston
Who said that one voice can’t be heard? Not Susan Rennie, that’s for sure. Rennie, a Preston resident, was the sole objector to a...
November 9, 2010 -
my pokies spending tally
Regular visitors to cyenne.com would have noticed that I occasionally move things around a little, looking for the best way to present the site...
November 8, 2010 -
what is pre-commitment technology?
Over the past month, since Julia Gillard and Andrew Wilkie shook hands and the prospect of a minority Labor government became that much more...
November 7, 2010 -
jan juc – the fight continues
About a month ago, on 4th October, the VCGR handed down a landmark decision. After a lengthy application and assessment process, they rejected an...
November 6, 2010 -
pokies vs the pension part II – the truth
Yesterday, I wrote about a potentially disturbing development that had been raised in newspaper articles in the SMH and the Port Macquarie News. The...
November 4, 2010 -
this is who i am
It’s been some months since I started cyenne.com, and much has changed in that time. Not just on the gambling scene, what with the...
November 3, 2010 -
pokies vs the pension
There’s been a disturbing development in the ongoing debate surrounding pre-commitment technology for poker machines. In case you missed it, the Federal government has...
November 3, 2010 -
ballarat lodge – a near miss
A few weeks ago, on 13 October, Ballarat City Council held one of their regular ordinary council meetings. One of the items on the...
November 3, 2010 -
talking about pokies on twitter
As you may or may not know, cyenne.com has a presence on Twitter. It should be fairly obvious, considering the big “follow me on...
November 1, 2010
