Updated October 09, 2011 15:35:28 Video: ‘Clubs should apologise’ says Xenophon (ABC News) Independent senator Nick Xenophon says Clubs Australia should apologise for misleading the public on the impact of the Federal Government’s changes to poker machine laws. He says a document posted on the Clubs Queensland website reveal a campaign of misinformation on pokie […]
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I share pain of AFL boss, says Clubs Australia chief
CLUBS Australia chief Anthony Ball has brushed aside AFL boss Andrew Demetriou’s labelling of him as a “hillbilly”, but insists he did not drag the Australian Football League into a campaign against Labor’s poker-machine reforms. Mr Ball told The Australian he had been called worse names, and understood Mr Demetriou’s frustration that the issue of […]
AFL clubs fight to keep pokies
FOOTY clubs will tell the AFL today they stand to lose tens of millions of dollars if the Gillard Government’s poker machine reforms are introduced. AFL presidents have data showing that if gamblers had to set limits on pokie losses, league-affiliated clubs and pubs could lose $54 million. The Federal Government has promised independent MP […]
Clubs lift ban on Salvos after poker reform spat
NSW clubs that declared war on the Salvation Army as payback for supporting a cap on poker machines are starting to make peace. The risk of public embarrassment from taking on such a fondly-regarded institution has proven too much for clubs in their campaign to protect their income from the machines. The St George Motor […]
Clubs Australia hits a new low
Find More Stories 2 September 2011 Clubs Australia hits a new low Be first to comment Tom Cummings It was widely reported in yesterday’s papers that the Salvation Army has pulled its support for the Federal Government’s mandatory pre-commitment proposal for poker machines, instead backing a voluntary pre-commitment scheme such as the one supported by […]