gambling reform & gambling harm awareness
The local papers of NSW have a long history of publishing pro-clubs, pro-poker machines articles that are heavy on sensationalism and light on facts....
The clubs lobby has rebuked Andrew Wilkie’s victory call on the introduction of controversial betting limits on poker machines, claiming that the practice of...
As a blogger who writes about Australia’s gambling industry, with a particular focus on poker machines, I’m often thankful that I live in Victoria....
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...
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...
Well, that didn’t take long. Just two days after Father Chris Riley came under intense criticism nationally for becoming the latest face of the...
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...
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...
Adelaide newspaper The Advertiser ran an article yesterday about poker machine reforms. Titled “Wilkie proposal a gamble: Authority”, the article (written by state editor...
Guest post time. Andrew Tiedt is a good friend of mine from the wide world of Twitter, where he is better known as @mrtiedt....
The alliance between Australia’s clubs and pubs, formed to resist poker machine reforms, is an uneasy one. The power in both camps is focused...
I’ve been banging on for a while now about the need for societal change with regards to gambling. While I strongly support regulatory changes...
There’s been a load of righteous indignation reverberating around the country lately, aimed at Woolworths and their ownership of poker machines. Rightfully so; they’ve...
This morning, Labor’s Harry Jenkins resigned from his position as Speaker of the House of Representatives. It was an unexpected move that has thrown...
Clubs Australia’s latest angle of attack with regards to poker machine reforms is the trial. Not just any old trial; we’re talking about a...
