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1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. '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 ...

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

... Familes, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Further reading Media Release: MA joins campaign to advance poker machine reform Getup: Petition for Pokie Reform Yesterday's news: ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

9. 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, ...

10. 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 ...