KIM BOOTH
Media Release
How Much is Too Much?
“Just how much money needs to be sucked out of vulnerable communities before Premier David Bartlett will prove that he actually is ‘kind and clever’ by beginning to remove these financial vampires from the suburbs where they are causing the worst damage?,” said Mr Booth.
“Tasmania is looking down the barrel at a loss of $220 million for the 2009 calendar year.”
TASMANIAN POKIE LOSSES TOP $100 MILLION IN JUST SIX MONTHS
Media Release
The Tasmanian Greens today revealed that losses from poker machines in Tasmania have topped more than $100 million during the first six months of 2009, following the Tasmanian Gaming Commission’s (TGC) release of the $16,998,364 loss figure for June.
Greens Gaming spokesperson and Acting Leader Kim Booth MP said the loss of $109,606,280 from the Tasmanian community in just six months is a shocking indictment of the ‘kind and clever’ Premier David Bartlett, and called on the Premier to reveal just how much money Tasmanians needed to lose to the pokies before the Premier would consider ordering their removal them from suburban pubs and clubs.
“Just how much money needs to be sucked out of vulnerable communities before Premier David Bartlett will prove that he actually is ‘kind and clever’ by beginning to remove these financial vampires from the suburbs where they are causing the worst damage?,” said Mr Booth.
“Tasmania is looking down the barrel at a loss of $220 million for the 2009 calendar year.”
“Premier David Bartlett needs to start taking some responsibility for the broken families, the ruined careers, the jailed fraudsters and the suicides that are all well-known consequences of addiction to poker machines,” said Mr Booth.
Kim Booth MP
Greens Gaming Spokesperson and Acting Leader
Saturday, 1 August 2009
Reference:
TGC Electronic Gaming Machine Expenditure by Rolling Year: http://www.treasury.tas.gov.au/domino/dtf/dtf.nsf/alls-v/CD36BFC11D136484CA2575E10006E703
