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1. ABC Radio Media Coverage: Expert rubbishes AFL’s pokies warning
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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 ...

2. Owen Craigie warns of gambling pitfalls
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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 ...

3. Health experts call for problem gambling reforms
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... 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 ...

4. 'One-stop-shop' to tackle problem gambling
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... 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 ...

5. Tackling problem gambling in Australia
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... 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 ...

6. MA joins campaign to advance poker machine reform
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... between Wilkie andPrime Minister Julia Gillard in September 2010 – reversed. The reforms include implementing a $250 daily withdrawal limit for ATMs in venues with poker machines, mandatory pre-commitment ...

7. FAHCSIA release of legal advice on gambling reform
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... 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, ...

8. MA supporters favour practical measures in dealing with problem gambling - Online Poll
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... the report said. They account for about 40 per cent of total spending on the machines." With statistics like these our CEO Toby Hall has called on State and Federal Governments to swiftly implement the ...