by mw061074 | May 28, 2020 | Newspaper
Tasmanian Government resists calls for new parliamentary committee to analyse coronavirus actions Calls are growing louder for a joint parliamentary committee to be formed to inquire into the state’s response to and recovery from the coronavirus outbreak. Nelson...
by mw061074 | May 16, 2020 | Newspaper
More than 430k driver licences shared to facial recognition database As at March 18 this year, Tasmania had uploaded 430,113 of its citizens’ driver’s licence photos to the national facial recognition database.The state government has uploaded more than...
by mw061074 | May 2, 2020 | (Pokies) Media, Newspaper
Figures show losses of $9.09 million in March 2020 The closure of poker machines in Tasmania resulted in a $4 million reduction in gambling losses for March compared to last year, new figures from the Tasmanian Gaming Commission reveal.Coronavirus measure closed pubs...
by mw061074 | May 1, 2020 | (Pokies) Media, Newspaper
Pubs and clubs boss hits out over pokies The hospitality industry launched an extraordinary attack on anti-pokie campaigner Meg Webb over comments that a $17 million reduction in gambling losses was a good news story for Tasmania.The Tasmanian Hospitality Association...
by mw061074 | April 30, 2020 | (Pokies) Media, Newspaper
Peter Hoult says poker machine closures a positive thing amid crisis Millions of extra dollars from federal government stimulus payments will stay in the pockets of Tasmanian households because poker machines have been closed down due to the coronavirus.Former...
by Meg Webb | April 8, 2020 | Newspaper
Premier, an Emergency Committee will Protect our Democracy At the heart of democracy is accountability to the people. Accountability isn’t just about catching out a government doing the wrong thing, it is about the public being able to know, objectively, that the...
