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$400 for babies: Perrottet lays out 'super for kids' proposal

"By the time the child is 18 years old and leaves school, they will have up to $49,000 which they can draw on for education and housing."

Newcastle Herald

Minister Victor Dominello was targeted by ClubsNSW over poker machine reform. Now he's speaking out

A senior Liberal minister has spoken for the first time about how a powerful Australian gambling lobby group forced him out of the portfolio and has called for an investigation into its influence over government.

ABC News

Afternoon Update: Unemployment rises to 3.7%; Queensland shooting declared terrorism; and the ‘perfect’ cosmic explosion

Jim Chalmers says there are ‘human consequences’ for slowing economy

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ClubsNSW drops contempt charges against Friendlyjordies over pokies whistleblower

Interview by YouTuber Jordan Shanks with Troy Stolz sparked legal proceedings but the clubs lobby has sought leave to withdraw the charges

The Guardian - AU

‘Silent epidemic’: almost two-thirds of Sydney’s gambling losses occur in city’s west

Cost-of-living pressures, disadvantage and ‘oversaturation’ of machines in the region leading to higher levels of gambling-related harm, researchers say

The Guardian - AU

ClubsNSW appoints acting boss amid pokies stoush

ClubsNSW has named Sallianne Faulkner as its acting chief executive after its former boss was sacked amid a government push to make pokies cashless.

AAP

Michael Pascoe: Pokies industry’s fingerprints remain on Dominic Perrottet’s policy

And when judging the credibility of an election policy, it’s wise to also consider what is not there if the government or opposition was serious about NSW’s appalling pokies addiction.

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ClubsNSW drops lawsuits against gaming whistleblower

ClubsNSW has withdrawn all legal action against whistleblower and cancer patient Troy Stolz, who lifted the lid on lax money laundering checks.

AAP

ClubsNSW settles case with terminally ill whistleblower Troy Stolz

Long-running case ends days after lobby group sacked its CEO over comments about the NSW premier’s Catholic faith

The Guardian - AU

Voters seeking transparency will remember John Barilaro come election day in NSW

The former deputy premier took full advantage of a system that was ‘open to abuse’ — and that will come back to bite Premier Dominic Perrottet.

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'I was wrong': NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says Catholic faith did play a role in gambling reform

A week ago, the ClubsNSW boss was sacked for linking Dominic Perrottet's plans to overhaul gambling to his Catholic faith. Since then, Mr Perrottet has done some soul-searching.

ABC News

Dominic Perrottet gambles on poker machine reform as a vote winner

Not long ago it would have been political suicide to adopt measures so strongly opposed by ClubsNSW – but time will tell how it plays out at the polls

The Guardian - AU

Gambling in Western Sydney a 'silent epidemic', new report claims

New analysis describes gambling as Western Sydney's "silent epidemic". It's an issue that nearly cost Paul everything.

ABC News

The John Barilaro factor: former NSW deputy premier becomes focal point in state campaign

New auditor general report highlighted his office creating new rules for a grants program that saw Labor electorates miss out entirely

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Who is Josh Landis? Inside the charming emails of the pokies heavy at ClubsNSW

The ClubsNSW CEO has been sacked for comments he made about NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet. But Landis has a history of verbal stoushing.

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A breach of faith

ClubsNSW CEO Josh Landis has been sacked for his ‘Catholic gut’ slur at NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet, and FIFA is set to announce Saudi Arabia will sponsor the Women’s World Cup despite its infamous repression of women’s rights.

The Guardian - AU

ClubsNSW boss sacked after accusing Dominic Perrottet of acting on his ‘Catholic gut’

Organisation’s board agrees to end Josh Landis’s employment after he apologised for the comments

ABC News

ClubsNSW CEO sacked after saying gaming reforms based on Dominic Perrottet's 'Catholic gut'

The ClubsNSW CEO apologised "unreservedly" saying he misspoke and should not have referred to the premier's faith, but his apology was not enough to prevent his sacking.

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AAP

ClubsNSW boss sacked over 'offensive' Catholic jibe

The head of the powerful NSW clubs industry body has been sacked after linking Premier Dominic Perrottet's Catholic faith to gaming policy.

The Guardian - AU

New ClubsNSW pokies measures not enough to stop cashless gaming, Dominic Perrottet says

Tim Costello says clubs lobby’s gambling code, which includes three-hour welfare checks, is ‘too little too late’

AAP

NSW clubs to introduce gambling code

Suspected money-launderers will be banned from all NSW clubs under a code of conduct to be introduced by the industry, which is resisting cashless gaming cards.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: How the pokies lobby comes after politicians

There’s a quick way to tell if an electronic gaming machine policy is good or bad: If ClubsNSW is backing it, it will be bad.

Crikey

Gambling lobby reacts to NSW Labor’s pokies plan

Gambling lobbyists have said Labor’s plan could have ‘material impacts’ on the industry.

Crikey

Labor announces minimalist pokies reform — gambling giant Aristocrat’s shares go up

NSW Labor’s proposed pokies reform will do little to reduce gambling harm in the state — just ask Aristocrat’s shareholders.

The Guardian - AU

‘Deeply flawed’: pokies self-banning schemes in NSW do not stop problem gambling, counsellors say

Voluntary exclusion process faces renewed criticism as advocates call for reforms ahead of state election

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