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Rare opportunity to tackle the pain and addiction of the pokies

Rare opportunity to tackle the pain and addiction of the pokies

Talking Point | Mercury | 13 October 2021    Meg Webb says the day has arrived for all Tasmanian MPs to show they truly care about the grief and misery being unleashed in our poorest communities.POKIES legislation debated in state parliament this week may become a...

Pokies to lead agenda

Pokies to lead agenda

David Killick | Mercury | 12 October 2021  GAMBLING reforms and antiprotest legislation will headline debate as parliament resumes on Tuesday after a two-week break.The Liberal government is attempting to pass the major reforms, plus changes to the TAFE system and...

Political donations from the gaming industry should be banned

Political donations from the gaming industry should be banned

WIN News | 4 October 2021    A ban on specific sectors making political donations is crucial to limit actual and perceived undue influence on the integrity of democratic elections and governance. View Meg’s submission to the Electoral Disclosure and Funding Bill...

Gambling comes at a $160 million cost to Tasmania, new report finds

Gambling comes at a $160 million cost to Tasmania, new report finds

Examiner Newspaper | July 2, 2021 Gambling is estimated to cost the Tasmanian community up to $160 million a year, the latest Social and Economic Impact Study for gaming has found.The report, released on Thursday, found the most significant quantifiable cost of...

Gambling’s $160m hit

Gambling’s $160m hit

Mercury Newspaper | July 2, 2021Report shines spotlight on controversial industryPROBLEM gambling costs the Tasmanian community up to $160m each year, although the true extent of the social and economic damage is impossible to measure, a new report has found.Gambling...

Media Release – SEIS – No Clean Bill of Health

Media Release – SEIS – No Clean Bill of Health

Media Release | July 1, 2021Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said the 5th Social & Economic Impact Study (SEIS) on gambling in Tasmania is not a cleanbill of health for the Gutwein Liberal Government.“Gambling expenditure remains high and appears to now be...

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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