Dominic Perrottet fires warning shot at NSW golf equipment foyer group over playing reform

“This isn’t about working in opposition to the business. It’s all working collectively to make significant change to cease cash laundering occurring in pokie machines, and guaranteeing that drawback gamblers aren’t throwing their life financial savings down a pokie machine,” he stated.

“That has to cease. That has to vary. And I’ll ship on it … I’ve made it very clear I wish to work with business to attain that change, and I sit up for constructive discussions this week.”

Labor has not signed memorandums of understanding with the highly effective foyer group, however former chief Michael Daley launched a club policy earlier than the March 2019 ballot that vowed to keep up the established order on tax and regulation.

Labor chief Chris Minns final week stated he was “not inclined” to signal MOUs as a normal precept, nor did he suppose it was smart on this state of affairs.

Three key independents, Alex Greenwich, Greg Piper and Joe McGirr, wrote to Perrottet final week, calling on the federal government to ascertain a special commission of inquiry into the undue influence clubs and pubs have on the major parties. Their push came after the government scrapped a bill to reform registered clubs.

Some Nationals MPs don’t help a cashless card, whereas the celebration’s chief and deputy premier Paul Toole final week stated the “expertise wasn’t there” to introduce the playing cards.

However the premier on Monday downplayed divisions within the celebration room over the cashless card scheme, saying he had “superb discussions” with Toole concerning the challenge.

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Perrottet stated there was “little question” there have been points that needed to be handled.

“This isn’t one thing that’s going to occur in a single day. That is one thing to work in direction of, to get to that time, and I’ve been very clear in each press convention I’ve been in, in respect to this matter, that I wish to work with the business to attain that finish,” he stated.