Tax-free grants to community causes from NSW clubs ‘regularly’ funnelled back into clubs themselves

ClubsGrants grants allow NSW clubs to gain a tax rebate off poker machine profit by donating money to community causes. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

Inscribed on the sandstone walls of the Ted Noffs foundation headquarters in Sydney are the words “Easts House”.

For 22 years the foundation, one of the country’s leading addiction services providers, has called it home, helping countless young people while becoming a key advocate for drug law reform in New South Wales.