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most Legislative Councillors instead followed the lead of the complicit major parties in the Lower House and jumped right back into bed with the poker machine barons.
“Federal has been handed a thumping great tax cut, the value of other poker machine venues will go through the roof when operators hold their own licences, and the Tasmanian people will forgo hundreds of millions of dollars in potential tax revenue that could have been put towards better hospitals and schools.
“Here we had a golden opportunity to put in place some workable, sensible harm- minimisation measures that would have made a massive difference to the lives of gambling addicts and their families. Te human cost of gambling addiction is heart breaking, including
family breakdowns, financial ruin and lives lost to suicide.”
It is said at least 27,000 Tasmanians are addicted or in at-risk gambling groups whilst government research estimates the annual costs for gambling harm in the state is around $100m of which 80 per cent is due to pokie machines. Te Independent party says Tasmanians lose around $500,000 every day to pokie machines.
Tere are also concerns that the new operating model means smaller single venue pokie operators will struggle with the new system whilst it will benefit larger venues which are collectively owned by a handful of businesses.
Meanwhile Federal identified six general issues of concern and is saying under their exclusive
agreement the company was not given proper notification of the changes under a 2003 deed between the state and the company and as such should be provided with at least four years’ notice of any changes to arrangements and say the changeover date should be June 2026.
On the other hand, the Tasmanian Hospitality Association welcomed the proposed changes saying it will create a fairer model for hospitality operators.
THA CEO Steve Old said at the time: “Tis policy is about creating a fairer model for hospitality operators with gaming, increasing investment in the sector and supporting the community. Te THA has been a strong supporter of increasing the Community Support Levy. We are committed to supporting those businesses to be
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