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...
election night is here
August 21, 2010
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gillard, abbott and the pokies of rooty hill
Last night saw an interesting moment in the current Federal election campaign. Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, live on stage at the Rooty Hill...
August 12, 2010 -
the figures don’t add up in darebin
Something curious is happening in the City of Darebin. A local paper, the Northcote Leader, ran a couple of stories recently (here and here)...
August 12, 2010 -
election 2010 – the silence is deafening
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...
August 6, 2010 -
the pokies and public perception
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...
August 6, 2010 -
woolworths – oh, the irony
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...
August 5, 2010 -
buck the pokie habit – by sue neales
The following article by Sue Neales was published in The Mercury on 24 July 2010. It is an exceptional analysis of the impact of...
August 3, 2010 -
want poker machines? just ask
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...
August 2, 2010 -
hotel sorrento goes pokie-free
Fantastic news from the Peninsula this morning. At a time when it seems that, despite everything they say, the VCGR is falling over themselves...
August 2, 2010 -
exclusive – more poker machines for victoria
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...
August 1, 2010 -
pink hotel – the vcgr gets it wrong again
Only two days ago, I wrote about The Pink Hotel’s proposed 60-machine gaming room, and the soundproof glass cage that was intended to overlook...
July 30, 2010 -
moyne shire leads the way
They’re doing something right in the Shire of Moyne. Maybe it’s the beautiful scenery, or the unspoiled townships… or maybe it’s just an outbreak...
July 29, 2010 -
auditor-general tells doj, vcgr to shape up
Victoria’s Auditor-General tabled a report in state parliament today. The report was a performance audit on Taking Action on Problem Gambling, a strategy drawn...
July 28, 2010 -
sneaky bastards file – the pink hotel
Yesterday I wrote about the ALH’s decision to pull gambling-style kids games from all of their venues across the country; that includes almost 100...
July 28, 2010 -
a step in the right direction
There was a lot of coverage in the media a week or so back about kids games in gambling venues. The style of the...
July 27, 2010
