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Greens welcome government move on pokies shutdown loophole but warn 4am is too late

The Greens have welcomed the Minns Government’s decision today to finally close the loophole that allowed more than 670 pubs and clubs to keep their poker machines running during the legislated shutdown period of 4am to 10am, but are urging the government to listen to the experts and shutdown the...

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Greens introduce Bill to ‘Power Down the Pokies’ from Midnight to 10am

The Greens gambling harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann has introduced a Bill to Parliament that would remove a loophole that has allowed hundreds of pubs and clubs in NSW to operate during the legislated shutdown period of 4am to 10am.  The Gaming Machines Amendment (Mandatory Shutdown Period) Bill 2025  would...

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Govt Puts Gambling Industry First by forgoing $1 Billion in gambling tax revenue

The state budget handed down today is yet more proof that the Minns Government cares more about the interests of the gambling industry than it does the people of NSW, says Greens MP and gambling harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann.

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Auditor-General Report confirms Government is failing to reduce poker machine harm

A Performance Audit by the NSW Auditor-General released today into the Regulation of Gaming Machines exposes the Minns Government’s ongoing failure to effectively regulate poker machines in order to reduce the substantial harm they cause, says NSW Greens MP and gambling harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann.

PARLIAMENT

Gendered Violence and Gambling

Ms Cate Faehrmann: I move: (1) That this House notes that: (a) following the alleged murders of 26 women at the hands of men between January and April 2024, criminologist, Michael Salter, has named gambling as one of the clear accelerants of men's violence that needs policy reform; (b) 2023...

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Select Committee

Ms Cate Faehrmann: The Greens support this motion to establish a select committee. I state at the outset that, on the face of it, turning Rosehill racecourse into new housing, with affordable housing, is a very good idea and one we hope comes to fruition. We hope there is a metro station...

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Funding for Mental Health Services

Ms Cate Faerhmann: I support the motion of the Hon. Jeremy Buckingham and thank him for bringing it to this place. When I was 10 years old growing up in country Queensland, my brother, who was 15 at the time, pulled a knife on a kid at his local school....

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Casino Control Amendment Bill 2023

Ms Cate Faehrmann: As The Greens' spokesperson for gambling harm reduction, I reluctantly support the Casino Control Amendment Bill 2023. However, at the Committee stage we will be moving a relatively minor but important amendment in relation to the jobs guarantee agreement. The genesis of the bill goes back quite a number...

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ClubGRANTS Scheme Doing More Harm than Good and Should be Scrapped: Greens

The release of ClubGRANTS data has exposed the controversial scheme as little more than a cover that clubs hide behind when facing criticism of the negative impacts pokies cause local communities and is more proof the scheme should be scrapped, said Cate Faehrmann, Greens MP and gambling harm reduction spokesperson.

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Greens Move for Royal Commission into Influence of the Gambling Industry in NSW

Greens MP and spokesperson for Gambling Harm Reduction, Cate Faehrmann, has given notice of a motion in the Upper House calling on the Government to establish a Royal Commission into the gambling industry in NSW. Ms Faehrmann has written to leaders of all parties and the crossbench to support the...

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