Last week, I wrote about Steve Greenwood. He was the manager of the Romsey Hotel when the hotel’s owner, Jim Hogan, was trying to...
port fairy stands up
July 27, 2010
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we’re still gambling
So the VCGR have released their poker machine figures for the 2009-10 financial year. They seemed to think the situation was improving, as I...
July 27, 2010 -
xenophon endorses mayne
I was wondering if this would happen, and I’m glad it has! Stephen Mayne nominated for the Victorian Senate earlier today, and now it...
July 27, 2010 -
vcgr puts their spin on pokies figures
The VCGR (that’s the Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation, otherwise known as the rubber stamp) released its EGM Annual figures today. These are the...
July 27, 2010 -
election 2010 – the mayne game
Finally, things are getting a little interesting. Gillard, Abbott and co are still keeping very very quiet about any gambling reform policies they may,...
July 27, 2010 -
stephen mayne running for senate
An excerpt from Stephen’s announcement, via The Mayne Report: Shareholder activist, local government councillor, Crikey founder and former Liberal staffer Stephen Mayne turned 41...
July 27, 2010 -
from romsey to port fairy
You’ve got to hand it to Steve Greenwood. He was the manager of Jim Hogan’s Romsey Hotel when Hogan was fighting tooth and nail...
July 22, 2010 -
gambling reform – my policies
As I discussed here, it seems that our politicians have no policies when it comes to gambling reform. No policies to tackle problem gambling....
July 22, 2010 -
election 2010 – gambling reform
So it’s been a few months since the Productivity Commission’s second report into gambling was released by the government (the first was in 1999)....
July 20, 2010 -
sneaky bastards file – the malvern vale hotel
It’s about time I made a start on what I like to call the Sneaky Bastards File. There are a number of means of...
July 20, 2010 -
gambling or betting? ask SEN
There was a strange moment on the radio yesterday. I was on my way to collect my daughter from her school, where she’s been...
July 19, 2010 -
don’t poke jan juc
There’s been a bit of coverage in the press lately about a proposed development in the surf coast town of Jan Juc, which would...
July 15, 2010 -
jeff kennett – a conflict of interest?
There’s a number of stories in the press today relating to Jeff Kennett’s role as chairman of beyondblue, a foundation he helped establish to...
July 14, 2010 -
i can’t talk about it
Problem gambling is a strange addiction. When you say “addiction” most people think of drugs, legal or otherwise. Cigarettes, alcohol, prescription drugs, ecstacy, heroin,...
July 13, 2010 -
a long way from home
It’s been a little quiet around here for the past week. That’s because it’s school holidays, and I’m off visiting the in-laws in Sydney’s...
July 9, 2010
