Poker machines have been in the middle of a political fight in Australia, this fight has been directly leaded by two political Australian parties, the Greens and Liberals.
Governance expert Kate Crowley affirmed: “While the pokies policy might not be top of the list in terms of policy concerns by Tasmanians, when it comes to negotiating government, it could be a bargaining chip that could be really important as the Greens have shown”.
The plan of liberals is to allow individual venues to apply for a license to operate their own poker machines, a model backed by Federal Group and the gaming lobby. But Greens leader Cassy O'Connor has committed to moving a motion of no confidence against the Liberals if the party does not back away from its gaming policy. (READ SO: POKER OF TASMANIA AT THE END OF A CLIFF?)
This election campaign has been dominated by the issue of poker machines, and according to O´Connor the big fishes from gambling industry are helping to empower liberal party in this election that in the future will be exchange by policies and. Reason why O´Connor is asking to the liberal party to come up with the true about donations, how much and from who.
Liberals adopted a similar position to the Greens and pledged to remove pokies from pubs and clubs by 2023.
Here is the video with her declarations don´t let it go
https://www.facebook.com/CassyOConnorMP/videos/10155584398927909/
