Monthly Archive: December 2011

  • rage against the poker machine – a 2011 retrospective

    rage against the poker machine – a 2011 retrospective

    2011 has been a big year in the hearts and political minds of Australia. We’ve had a succession of issues that have engendered fierce...

  • who the hell is scott leach?

    who the hell is scott leach?

    There’s a new voice coming out of NSW in the fight against poker machine reforms, one that makes Clubs CEO Anthony Ball look like...

  • priest of the pokies

    priest of the pokies

    The Clubs industry have moved into the next phase of their “save our pokies” campaign. This is the “high-profile respectable friends” phase. Yesterday it...

  • my response to david schwarz

    my response to david schwarz

    Former AFL player, radio personality and high-profile problem gambler David Schwarz has recorded a video, where he speaks in graphic detail about his gambling...

  • another day, another media beat-up

    another day, another media beat-up

    Adelaide newspaper The Advertiser ran an article yesterday about poker machine reforms. Titled “Wilkie proposal a gamble: Authority”, the article (written by state editor...

  • personal responsibility (guest post)

    personal responsibility (guest post)

    Guest post time. Andrew Tiedt is a good friend of mine from the wide world of Twitter, where he is better known as @mrtiedt....