In a rare move, the top union boss in NSW is siding with the Coalition government on major gambling reform, urging Labor not to play politics with the working class.
The plan means patrons would not be able to gamble with cash at any of the state's 90,000 pokie machines.abc.net.au/news/unions-nsw-support-coalition-cashless-gaming-proposal/101828412The top union leader in NSW has clashed with Labor over major gambling reform and urged the party to back the Coalition government's proposal for a cashless gaming card.
Labor leader Chris Minns has stopped short of supporting the mandatory cards as he wants to see them trialled first. He has voiced concerns about the economic impact the changes would have on clubs and pubs as well as potential job losses. "Since pokie machines increased in NSW there's been a significant transfer of wealth from working communities to the eastern suburbs and northern shore."
"I'm calling on all leaders. There needs to be a bipartisan approach to this. This is a system that is geared to take money from working people." Mr Perrottet said gambling reform was a "major societal issue" in the wake of a recent report by the NSW Crime Commission, "Introducing a government-issued cashless gaming card would force your local club to spend up to hundreds of thousands of dollars to install unproven technology to their existing gaming machines, which some clubs simply cannot afford," Clubs NSW said on their recently launched campaign website 'Reform the Right Way'.
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