pokies
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Brimbank’s pokies cash back call
Brimbank council plans to lobby the premier and treasurer to ask for more poker machine tax returns. The council has also claimed that recent state…
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Mayor slams pokies restrictions
Recently imposed restrictions on Victorian poker machine venues will do little to ease Brimbank’s gambling problem, according to mayor John Hedditch. Last month the state…
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Council anger over ‘tainted’ pokies take
Brimbank council is calling for a greater return of gambling money to the municipality after a recent report revealed Brimbank had again generated the biggest…
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Pokies stifle playground bid
St Albans Sports Club’s application to build an indoor children’s playground has been rejected by Brimbank council because of its proximity to the club’s gambling…
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Brimbank council calls on the PM for gambling reform
Brimbank council is backing an open letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calling for gambling reform. The council is a member of the Alliance for…
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Sunshine pokie punters rack up gambling losses
Sunshine pokie punters are losing more than three times as much as their counterparts in the more affluent eastern suburbs, a new study reveals. Findings…
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Call to limit ATM access at pokies
ATM access should be restricted at all gaming machine venues, the son of a Brimbank pokies addict believes. In a submission to the state government’s…
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Brimbank low on pokies ‘community benefits’
Brimbank pokies clubs were among the poorest in the state for returning profits to the community last financial year. A Victorian Commission for Gambling and…
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Social isolation leading to high pokies losses
Social isolation and the “absolute denial” of pokies addicts is underpinning Brimbank’s reputation as the state’s leading loser to pokies, according to Sydenham MP Natalie…
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Brimbank tops pokies losses again
Brimbank is leading the state once again for poker machines losses according to half-yearly Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation figures. The VCGLR reported last…
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‘Pokie profits should go back into community’
A reformed gambling addict, who once blew $40,000 in less than six months, has backed Brimbank council’s push for pokie profits to directly fund community…
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Pokies profits ‘should go to community projects’
State government profits from poker machines should fund community projects, such as Ardeer’s planned cycling hub, Brimbank council administrator Jane Nathan believes. There has been…
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Brimbank poker machine spending ‘sickening’
Poker machine spending in Brimbank is “sickening”, the council’s chairman of administrators John Watson freely admits. His comments come as the council joins an alliance…
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Melbourne Storm eyes off Kealba Hotel
The owners of National Rugby League club Melbourne Storm are believed to be in the final stages of buying the Kealba Hotel. Neither Storm nor…
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Brimbank punters miss out on trial
Brimbank will miss out on a trial pre-commitment scheme for problem gamblers, despite its status as the state’s biggest loser. Star Weekly revealed earlier this…
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