Information requested from Treasury and Finance on 19 July 2021. Decision received 17 August 2021. RTI Request: All correspondence between the Treasurer and the Department of Treasury, and the Tasmanian Hospitality Association, Federal Group, and/or the Tasmanian...
Adam Holmes | Examiner Newspaper | 16 August 2021 The EMRS poll included 1000 respondents from August 7-9, with questions funded by Meg Webb MLC, former Liberal deputy premier Sir Max Bingham and HACSU state secretary Tim Jacobson.Tasmanians overwhelmingly support...
David Killick | Mercury Newspaper | 16 August 2021 THE overwhelming majority of Tasmanians believe poker machines should be taxed at the same rate regardless of whether they are in pubs, clubs or casinos, new polling shows.Pollster EMRS surveyed 1000 Tasmanians...
7 News Tasmania | 15 August 2021 An ERMS poll shows Tasmanians overwhelmingly support lowering the maximum bet limit on poker machines from $5 to $1, having harm minimisation included in gaming reform, and taxing hotels and casino pokies at the same rate. Read the...
David Killick | Mercury Newspaper | 13 August 2021 MEMBERS of casino premium pokies programs will be required to put annual limits on their losses under a new scheme unveiled by the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission. It is the first time in Australia that...
Alexandra Humphries | ABC News Online | 14 August 2021 — but experts see too many loopholes Eleven years ago, Robert Kreshl was living on the streets of Hobart, sick with pneumonia and pleurisy, $17,000 in debt and addicted to poker machines."It was pretty rough, I...
Isabel Bird | Examiner Newspaper | 12 August 2021 A pokie machine membership program, complete with benefits, will have a mandatory betting limit within its rules that is being touted as a harm minimisation measure by the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission.The...
7 News | August 10, 2021 Economic modelling, funded by former Tasmanian Liberal Deputy-Premier and Attorney-General Sir Max Bingham, shows Tasmanian taxpayers missing out on at least $367 million to the poker machine industry. “Tasmanian taxpayers will miss out on...
Matt Maloney | Examiner & Advocate Newspapers | 9 August 2021A former Tasmanian Attorney-General and serving parliamentarian have presented economic modelling which suggests proposed gaming legislation would result in a $367 million loss for taxpayers to the poker...
Media Release| 9 August 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb’s submission on the Future Gaming Markets legislation includes independent economic modelling showing Tasmanian taxpayers missing out on at least $367 million to the poker machine industry.The...
