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895Coroner & LegalSTATE: Government may end Federal Group’s monopoly on poker machines
Federal Group would lose its monopoly on poker machines in pubs and clubs and a special high rollers casino licence would be...
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1.5KCoroner & Legal
The Tasmanian Politician … and the powerful will of Mr Farrell …
SATURDAY December 12 … • Mercury: Wrest Point’s $70m play From ‘Team Mulawa’ here: “Greg Farrell Jr, “Mr. Mulawa”: Greg is by...
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1.0KCoroner & Legal
Brighton Council votes unanimously to join anti-pokies’ groups
As the State Government ponders The Past (Farrell) or The Future (Walsh) … BRIGHTON Council has joined the National Alliance for Gambling...
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1.0KCoroner & Legal
All bets are off if deal’s lost: Greg Farrell puts heat on Libs … will they buckle … ?
*Pic: From ‘Team Mulawa’ here: “Greg Farrell Jr, “Mr. Mulawa”: Greg is by nature very hands-on – activity done translates into learning...
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1.3KCoroner & Legal
David Walsh takes on the Farrells …
With MONA, David Walsh reinvigorated Tasmania’s economy and culture. A decision to take on the family who owns the state’s poker machines...
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1.0KArts
James Boyce launches Island 126
Launch of Island 126, Hobart Bookshop, 13 October 2011. When I was asked to say a few words at the launch of...
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767Economy
A sense of despair
Every Tasmanian who remembers the last rounds of major government cost cutting in the 1990s must be sharing the sense of despair...
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830Opinion
Wilkie: The pokie factor
One of the most important blocs of Wilkie votes probably came from former Labor voters especially in the northern suburbs. There are...
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1.1KEconomy
Why The Pokies (and Andrew Wilkie) matter
The only time Tasmanians have had a say over poker machine policy in Tasmania was during the 2002 election. The problem was...
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976Coroner & Legal
Pokies: Bullying has done its job
MANY Tasmanian Times Readers will recall the extraordinary response to the moderate questioning by Liberal Leader, Will Hodgman, in early 2008 on...
