gambling reform & gambling harm awareness
Earlier this year, the Victorian state government introduced legislation covering signage for poker machine venues. Labelled “plain packaging for pokies”, the new rules are...
St Kilda FC may not be the only AFL club to count a sports betting company amongst its sponsors (almost half of the teams...
Well, it finally happened. More than two months after the Gillard/Wilkie agreement broke down under the strain of relentless industry campaigning, and almost a...
For the past couple of months I’ve been banging on about the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform’s inquiry into the treatment and prevention...
Deep in the bowels of Clubs Australia lies the poker machine war room: a reinforced construction of concrete and steel, impervious to attack or...
In the ever-changing world of poker machine reform, Thursday March 22 2012 was shaping up as a red letter day. Parliament were sitting for...
I’ve read a lot of Clubs Australia media releases over the past couple of years. As a result, I’ve got a pretty good handle...
Poker machines have become a very dangerous game for the Labor government.
NOTE: This list has been substantially revised and re-published, as of October 2015. You can find it here: Gambling and your team – revised....
Clubs Australia claim to have had meetings late last year with MPs supporting Kevin Rudd, with the aim of killing off mandatory pre-commitment for...
I’ve been asked many, many times about the difference between voluntary and mandatory pre-commitment for poker machines. Why is it that industry and state...
The incompetence of Sydney’s casino has opened the door for Clubs NSW to get what they want… and that spells trouble.
Over the past year or so there has been a flood of articles, stories, reports and press releases about gambling. This was triggered by...
I guess it was only a matter of time. I’ve been making a real effort to keep my happy face on this year, but...
Today, less than a week after Australia’s media decided that the Julia Gillard was walking away from Andrew Wilkie and poker machine reforms, the...
