Who said that one voice can’t be heard? Not Susan Rennie, that’s for sure. Rennie, a Preston resident, was the sole objector to a...
vcat takes notice of a lone voice in preston
November 9, 2010
Tagged: pokies
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my pokies spending tally
Regular visitors to cyenne.com would have noticed that I occasionally move things around a little, looking for the best way to present the site...
November 8, 2010 -
what is pre-commitment technology?
Over the past month, since Julia Gillard and Andrew Wilkie shook hands and the prospect of a minority Labor government became that much more...
November 7, 2010 -
jan juc – the fight continues
About a month ago, on 4th October, the VCGR handed down a landmark decision. After a lengthy application and assessment process, they rejected an...
November 6, 2010 -
pokie-free pubs in victoria
The original “pokie-free pubs in Victoria” list was tremendously popular. It has recently been updated and can now be found here: Pokie-free pubs in...
October 28, 2010 -
money laundering at the pokies – part two
Back on the 1st of October, 2010, the Sydney Morning Herald published an article by Vanda Carson about the practice of using poker machines...
October 21, 2010 -
truly tragic
It doesn’t feel right, to be writing about this in a blog. But some things need to be said, whether you want to broach...
October 18, 2010 -
sneaky bastards file – tattersalls and the mail exchange hotel
When I’m not playing with my kids, or blogging about gambling shenanigans, I work in Melbourne’s CBD. My trip to work takes me to...
October 14, 2010 -
a letter from the clubs
It’s been a little quiet on the news front over the past few days, especially after the club-driven frenzy over fingerprinting and pre-commitment technology....
October 13, 2010 -
no pokies for jan juc
The little town of Jan Juc on Victoria’s surf coast is a quiet place for much of the year. There aren’t many people, and...
October 4, 2010 -
money laundering at the pokies? get your facts straight!
Lost amongst the deluge of “fingerprinting” stories in the press over the last couple of days, this story appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald....
October 2, 2010 -
clubs australia’s fingerprints are all over this
Two days on, and the media frenzy over “fingerprinting to play pokies” continues. If we ever needed proof that Clubs Australia can exert undue...
October 2, 2010 -
the burswood pokies sidestep
I nearly had to drop Burswood Casino into my Sneaky Bastards file today. I still might.
September 29, 2010 -
clubs – protecting their pokies, not their patrons
It’s official. The clubs of Australia are a law unto themselves. News has recently emerged of the Clubs Australia campaign being waged against the...
September 26, 2010 -
pokies? fasten your seatbelts!
The Federal election of 2010 was one of the strangest and most evenly-balanced elections in Australian history. The counting of votes dragged on, and...
September 20, 2010
