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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Penry Buckley

NSW Labor toughens pokies stance as Sydney inner west mayor points to ‘unstoppable’ momentum for reform

Chris Minns
Premier Chris Minns at the NSW state Labor conference on Saturday. Photograph: Sitthixay Ditthavong/AAP

The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, will take a tougher stance on poker machines to the next election after being pushed to adopt the approach by the party’s left.

A motion which passed the NSW Labor conference with unanimous support on Sunday afternoon has added a plan to take “decisive action” on problem gambling and the growing use of poker machines to its policy platform, amid surging profits for operators and accusations of inaction on reform.

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