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1. Aherlkeme life skills celebration
(Daily News/Blog)

... accessing certain things like services to support my kids, and how to get help to save and buy white goods like a washing machine, fridge and beds for my kids. “I used to work, but when I had kids this ...

2. Lead experts
(Pathways/About Us)

... Affairs Unit. As a result, our voice has grown stronger. In 2011 we backed poker machine reform and welcomed plans to establish an Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, having lobbied ...

3. Featherweight packs a double whammy
(Daily News/Blog)

... op shops are used to fill punching bags, goalpost pads and sports equipment. The filling machine, constructed by the Illawarra’s own JME Engineering, is believed to be the only one of its type. The finished ...

4. ABC Radio Media Coverage: Expert rubbishes AFL’s pokies warning
(Daily News/Blog)

Media coverage: ABC Radio’s AM, 26 September 2011 A leading gambling researcher has dismissed the AFL's concerns over the Federal Government's planned restrictions on poker machines, labelling claims ...

5. 70 jobs in Warwick region Indigenous Employment project
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... on what skills local employers have identified they need. “This training can include things like licences and tickets for transport vehicles, forklift and machinery operation or short courses in retail, ...

6. Owen Craigie warns of gambling pitfalls
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Media coverage - Herald Sun, 7 August 2011 Be it horses, trots, greyhounds, poker machines or card games, you name it and former NRL star Owen Craigie used to punt on it. Hardcore. For 12 years, Craigie ...

7. Nation leading problem gambling service officially launched in the ACT
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... assist with research on the causes and effective treatment of problem gambling. The support service is being funded through the Problem Gambling Assistance Fund. All gaming machine licensees are required ...

8. Health experts call for problem gambling reforms
(Daily News/Blog)

... Helen Keleher, and former Australian of the Year, Fiona Stanley - have written to politicians to express their support for low-impact poker machines and a mandatory pre-commitment scheme that would enable ...

9. 'One-stop-shop' to tackle problem gambling
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... models, through to some more direct action in relation to the number of poker machines in the Territory, ATM withdrawal limits and the national work around precommitment," he said. The service is being ...

10. Tackling problem gambling in Australia
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... small venues (gambling venues with 15 or less machines) to have an additional four years to implement the changes. Our preference remains for the states and territories to deliver these changes and we ...

11. MA joins campaign to advance poker machine reform
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... to undermine the Federal Government’s planned poker machine reforms. Clubs Australia recently announced it would spend $20 million on an advertising campaign to have the reforms – announced in an agreement ...

12. Rise in betting on the net a concern
(Daily News/Blog)

... 70 per cent in three years. "Problem gambling has certainly moved away from the traditional picture of a person sitting for hours on end at a poker machine," he said. "These young men are reporting difficulties ...

13. Earth Hour 2011: Beyond the hour
(Daily News/Blog)

...  We know we won’t turn ourselves into a “green machine” overnight, but each small step we make takes us further along the path and builds a groundswell of support that drives further impro... At 8:30pm ...

14. FAHCSIA release of legal advice on gambling reform
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... which address the harm from problem gambling, including a full pre-commitment scheme for poker machines. State and territory governments are responsible for the regulation of the gambling industry, ...

15. Taking action to reduce problem gambling
(Daily News/Blog)

... that 100,000 problem gamblers provide around 40 percent of all poker machine revenue in Australia. Total Australian gambling revenue in 2008-09 was a staggering $19 billion and the social cost of problem ...

16. MA supporters favour practical measures in dealing with problem gambling - Online Poll
(Daily News/Blog)

Since the release of the Productivity Commission's Report into Gambling we can now identify that approximately 100,000 'problem gamblers' are providing around 40 per cent of all poker machine revenue in ...