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Media Release: We Should Still Implement Own Sporting Gambling Ad Ban

Media Release: We Should Still Implement Own Sporting Gambling Ad Ban

Tasmania Should Still Implement Own Sporting Gambling Ad Ban3 April 2026Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today welcomed the Albanese Labor Government’s proposed ban on gambling advertising in sports venues as part of its reform package, but said Tasmania must...

Media Release: Rockliff Government Abandons Pokies Harm Minimisation

Media Release: Rockliff Government Abandons Pokies Harm Minimisation

Rockliff Government Abandons Pokies Harm Minimisation23 January 2026Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC today described poker machine measures announced today by the Rockliff government as making a mockery of harm minimisation - ranging from minimal...

Talking Point-Libs Won’t Stop Pokies Harming Families

Talking Point-Libs Won’t Stop Pokies Harming Families

Talking Point | The Mercury | 12 September 2025; pgs 20 & 37.The Libs Would End Greyhound Racing to Prevent Risk to Dogs, but They Won’t Stop Pokies Harming Families ‘Managing’ Problem Gambling Is Not Enough. We Must Prevent Harm, Meg Webb MLC WritesWith...

While pokies were closed
due to COVID-19
Tasmanians saved

Poker machines were closed in Tasmania on March 23, 2020
and reopened on June 26, 2020.
In 2018-19 Tasmanians lost $171,603,745 to poker machines

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