00:00The stakes are high and the future of Tasmania's nation-leading mandatory cashless gaming card
00:13is on the line.
00:15The government is seeking to justify walking away from their pre-commitment card.
00:22MPs want more information about a Deloitte review commissioned by the government which
00:28will examine the impact the cashless card will have on Tasmania's hospitality industry.
00:34The review will be delivering, I think, a rationale to the government to start backpedalling
00:40on its commitment to the card.
00:42The government still hasn't released the terms of reference, despite calls from politicians
00:48and the media.
00:50The document it has released details the phases of the review.
00:54Phases 1 will be gathering the views of key stakeholders.
00:58Who they are will be guided by the state government.
01:012.
01:02Understanding how a card would change gambling behaviour, including whether it would push
01:08people to other forms of gambling.
01:103.
01:11Estimating how much the cards would actually minimise harm.
01:164.
01:17Modelling how the card would impact the hospitality industry and measuring how much would be saved
01:23by reducing problem gambling.
01:25The fifth phase is delivering the report.
01:29It's got industry fingerprints all over it.
01:31It uses industry framing and language.
01:34We will work through and make the right decisions in the best interests of Tasmanians.
01:41We're all committed to harm minimisation.
01:43The minister in charge of implementing the cashless gaming card, Roger Yench, has had
01:48to divest shares he owned in one of Australia's largest hotel and gaming operators.
01:54He sold the shares, worth just over $2,000, on Monday, the day he was asked about them
01:59by the ABC.
02:00Well, Roger has detailed his interests ever since he was a member of parliament.
02:08And so he's divested his interests, as he should.
02:12Meanwhile, the fate of the pre-commitment card scheme is far from a sure bet.
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