Monthly Archive: May 2011

  • suffering in silence
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    suffering in silence

    This is my first submission to The King’s Tribune magazine, which was originally published in the April 2011 issue.

    May 26, 2011
  • another open letter on pre-commitment and poker machines
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    another open letter on pre-commitment and poker machines

    I had planned for today to be a quiet day on the blog… no such luck. It’s been a week since the report on...

    May 13, 2011
  • bernardi goes too far; says diggers fought for pokies
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    bernardi goes too far; says diggers fought for pokies

    About a week ago, I was having some fun on Twitter at the expense of the gambling industry. They make outrageous claims every day...

    May 11, 2011
  • pre-commitment for pokies: the norway experience
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    pre-commitment for pokies: the norway experience

    Ah, Norway. Land of the midnight sun (well, one of them anyway). Think of Norway and you think of mountains, fjords and glaciers… and...

    May 10, 2011
  • the pre-commitment for poker machines report is here at last
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    the pre-commitment for poker machines report is here at last

    Yes, it’s finally here. The Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform this morning released their initial report covering “The design and implementation of...

    May 6, 2011
  • ten reasons to read a book instead of playing a poker machine
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    ten reasons to read a book instead of playing a poker machine

    There’s plenty of reasons why reading a good book (or even a bad book) is better than playing the pokies. Here’s ten; feel free...

    May 4, 2011
  • clubs spin into damage control
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    clubs spin into damage control

    Faced with a growing public backlash against their “It’s Un-Australian” save-our-pokies campaign, ClubsAustralia has turned to their resident spin merchant Jeremy Bath to try...

    May 3, 2011