This Gaming bill just got massive. Mainalnd is now actively campaigning against it with submission forms opposing the bill available on the mainland website. Expect a call from your club soon, by the looks of it.
From my reading of it, the guts of the bill is that local communities can decide if they want more or less pokie machines in their area and there will be more transparency in distribtuion of funds, instead of decisions being made by the gaming trusts. And the problem is...?
Sport has known for ages that this issue was coming. Clearly they haven't planned for it via better revenue & sponsorship models etc and the reality is now staring them in the face.
Um, just a question. Why is Mainland the ONLY federation to be campaigning like this? You can read the Sallies' view on the bill on the News Discussion thread.