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To: Federal Labour Government

Stop ALP using Pokies to fund-raise

Dear Federal ALP,

Please get serious about Pokies reform. You can start by stopping the poker machines at the venues that you own. As per this crikey article:
"The ALP remains the only major political party in the world that operates gambling dens to fund-raise with about 500 machines spread across four Canberra Labor Club venues. Throw in some additional Canberra venues controlled by the CFMEU, Australia’s richest union and the biggest factional backers of Julia Gillard, and we are talking many millions of taxpayers dollars being handed over to the ALP and its affiliates."
http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/big-compo-for-alps-pokie-clubs-but-industry-declares-no-conflict/

Please get serious on poker machine reform.

Regards
Julian Gamble

Why is this important?

We'd all like the Federal Government to get serious about poker machine reform. But can we seriously expect them to do this when the ALP fund-raises by owning four clubs with 500 machines? The social costs of poker machines are enormous, with 40% of 600,000 weekly players being problem gamblers. Tell the ALP to put its own proposed measures to work in its own clubs, so they can lead the rest of Australia to this change.

http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/big-compo-for-alps-pokie-clubs-but-industry-declares-no-conflict/
http://www.unitingforchange.org.au/sites/default/files/files/Facts_about_poker_machines.pdf

Updates

2020-07-28 10:59:40 +1000

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