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...

gambling reform & gambling harm awareness
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...
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...
Over the past month, since Julia Gillard and Andrew Wilkie shook hands and the prospect of a minority Labor government became that much more...
About a month ago, on 4th October, the VCGR handed down a landmark decision. After a lengthy application and assessment process, they rejected an...
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...
Back on the 1st of October, 2010, the Sydney Morning Herald published an article by Vanda Carson about the practice of using poker machines...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Lost amongst the deluge of “fingerprinting” stories in the press over the last couple of days, this story appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald....
Two days on, and the media frenzy over “fingerprinting to play pokies” continues. If we ever needed proof that Clubs Australia can exert undue...
I nearly had to drop Burswood Casino into my Sneaky Bastards file today. I still might.
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...
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...