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MPs demand greater transparency on Tasmania’s COVID-19 Recovery Taskforce

MPs demand greater transparency on Tasmania’s COVID-19 Recovery Taskforce

Bob Burton |Tasmanian Inquirer | October 1, 2020   Labor, Greens and independent call for increased disclosure  Opposition parties and an independent member of the Legislative Council have called for greater transparency of the Tasmanian Government’s COVID-19 recovery...

Tasmania soon to introduce major projects laws

Tasmania soon to introduce major projects laws

 The state government's major projects legislation is likely to pass next week after debate in the Legislative Council was adjourned on Thursday night.The laws will take projects considered to large or complex out of the hands of local councils for assessment by an...

Call for gambling study consultation period to be extended

Call for gambling study consultation period to be extended

The public consultation period for the fifth Social and Economic Impact Study of gambling in Tasmania should be extended, one MLC says.Nelson independent MLC Meg Webb said the six week consultation period should be extended by another month."This will ensure the...

Fears new gambling and poker machine study results will be ignored

Fears new gambling and poker machine study results will be ignored

An outspoken pokies critic has raised concerns an upcoming study into the economic and social effects of gambling in Tasmania will be ignored by policymakers.   ECONOMIST Saul Eslake has been appointed to help carry out a three-yearly study into the effects of...

Spike in pokies losses completely predictable

Spike in pokies losses completely predictable

Department of Treasury and Finance figures show $19,428,375 have poured into the machines in July – that’s $626,721 per day - and this spike in pokies losses was completely predictable. Meg Webb MLC talks with Martin Agatyn 7AD FM.   

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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