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'Obscene': the staggering sum the region's gamblers lose a day on pokies

Wesley Mission CEO says the figures should be a 'wake-up call' for policymakers.

Newcastle Herald

'Take all the TVs out too?': councillor queries pokie move

Councillors vote in support of strong pokies regulation.

Newcastle Herald

'They see the pressure': why pokies reform is on Newcastle council's agenda

Newcastle deputy lord mayor Charlotte McCabe pushes for poker machine reform.

Newcastle Herald

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'Grotesque Groundhog Day': here's how much poker machines gobble up in your area

'Nothing good happens on a poker machine at 3am.'

Newcastle Herald

More than 670 NSW pokies venues to be stripped of ability to stay open after 4am

Exclusive: Government to end exemptions to mandated closing times for pubs and clubs, including those that allow 24/7 gambling

The Guardian - AU

What's gambling cost? Advocates slam political inaction

Gambling harm reduction advocates have launched fresh calls for reform on the second anniversary of a landmark report into problem gambling.

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Chris Minns accused of misrepresenting cashless gaming trial after labelling it ‘ineffective’

Greens accuse NSW premier of ‘cop out’ as anti-gambling experts fear he may ‘walk away from cashless gambling altogether’

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Unions NSW attacks Labor for ‘woefully inadequate’ poker machine strategy after damning audit

Gambling losses and calls to helplines both up but Minns government has no benchmarks or measures to assess its harm minimisation strategy, report says

The Guardian - AU

NSW gamblers losing $24m to poker machines every day, analysis shows

Wesley Mission says the ‘devastating impact deepens every day’ with western Sydneysiders accounting for $2m an hour lost to pokies

The Guardian - AU

Australians lose more money to gambling in a year than government spends on aged care, report finds

The $31.5bn lost each year likened to a ‘hidden, unspoken black hole’ that cost-of-living policies have not addressed

The Guardian - AU

NSW gambling scheme relies on ‘embarrassing and not credible’ research, clubs and hotels warn

Powerful industry groups oppose mandatory accounts for gamblers to help monitor everyone using poker machines

The Guardian - AU

More than 500 new poker machines installed in NSW despite Chris Minns promising to slash numbers

Total number of machines in state increased from 87,094 in March last year to 87,644 in October

The Guardian - AU

Pokie numbers, losses still rising despite crackdown

Despite promises from the NSW Labor government to cut down on poker machines, their numbers continue to grow.

AAP

Pokie losses in the billions as machine numbers rise

Every day for the past year, gamblers lost an average of $22.4 million in NSW amid a rise in the number of machines in operation.

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‘Desperate’ Australians losing billions more to pokies during cost-of-living crisis, researcher warns

NSW gaming machine losses average $22m a day as some states see rises of more than 30% on pre-Covid levels

ABC News

Interest rate rises have plunged 170,000 more people into mortgage stress. Here's how to navigate the financial pinch

From revisiting household budgets to talking to the bank, experts share how mortgage holders can navigate interest rate rises.

Newcastle Herald

Jackpot: Hunter pokie players creating $2.5m a day for clubs, pubs

Poker machine gambling in the Hunter produced $81.3 million in tax during the second half of 2022, contributing to a statewide boon of $1.18 billion.

The New Daily

War of words erupts over Wesley aged-care home closures in Sydney

Aged Care Minister Anika Wells has criticised Wesley Mission for not telling her about plans to close three Sydney homes two weeks ago.

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Costs push Wesley to close Sydney aged care homes

Wesley Mission will close its three remaining residential aged care homes in Sydney, citing staffing difficulties and cost pressures caused by national reforms.

ABC News

Wesley Mission to close Sylvania, Carlingford, Narrabeen aged care homes over workforce constraints

Chief executive Reverend Stu Cameron says the organisation supports federal government changes but new staffing requirements were difficult to implement.

The New Daily

Inflation crimps Australians’ appetite for Easter travel but not our taste for seafood

Cost-conscious Australians are staying close to home this Easter as the cost of living soars, but one tradition they're not prepared to sacrifice is

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Fish frenzy: Record crowds snap up Good Friday seafood

A whopping 650 tonnes of seafood is set to be sold at Australia's most popular market, with doors opening at 5am on Good Friday to cater for record crowds.

AAP

Daily pokies losses in NSW hit $23.7m

New data shows daily losses on NSW pokies increased to $23.7 million in the September quarter, up 11 per cent on previous figures.

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

The Guardian - AU

NSW eyes voluntary gambling cards as minister blasts pokies venues as ‘bloated concrete bunkers’

Retiring planning minister Rob Stokes says poker machine gambling has turned clubs into ‘brutal, unwelcoming junk spaces’ and ‘enslaved’ people

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