00:05Betting big on short and long term change.
00:08We want to change the culture in the ACT, that it is not normalised that when you go
00:13to a club or a venue that you see the machines there.
00:16The government will table a suite of changes to existing poker machine laws.
00:20They include cashless account gaming across venues, bans on FPOS and ATM withdrawals,
00:26mandatory breaks in play and reducing the total number of machines to 1,000 by 2045.
00:33The reform package she's announced is far broader in scale than we're anticipating,
00:38which is pleasing, but that said, there are some weaknesses.
00:43For some, the proposals are too lax.
00:45It's a reform package that has continued to prioritise the gambling industry over the community.
00:52For others, they're too strict.
00:53I'm just really concerned that we're going to reach a situation whereby Queenbeyan becomes
01:00Las Vegas and that we just lose a lot of clubs here in the ACT.
01:04And that would then have a major impact in terms of club revenue, while still leaving
01:09the ACT community with a gambling harm issue.
01:11The opposition and club sector want the ACT to link up to NSW regulations, including an
01:17existing central monitoring system and a future plan for a statewide exclusion register.
01:22But the government believes its proposals should be supported now.
01:26Now we're in a position to be able to legislate it and this will be a game changer for Canberra.
01:34The changes will be introduced into the Legislative Assembly later this week.
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