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New data proves Minns too close to gambling lobby to care about rising harm from pokies

Greens MP and gambling harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann has accused Chris Minns of being so close to the gambling industry that he is blind to the growing social and economic costs of New South Wales’ pokies addiction, with the quarterly gambling data showing a record $2.37 billion lost in...

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Gambling Tax Concessions - Question Without Notice

My question is directed to the Treasurer. The most recent Liquor and Gaming NSW data released last week shows that the people of New South Wales lost a record $9.3 billion on pokies last year, which is an 8 per cent increase on the year before. Shockingly, the number of...

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$9.3 billion lost to pokies in 2025 proof that Minns doesn’t give a stuff

Quarterly NSW gaming data released yesterday showing a staggering $9.3 billion was lost to pokies in 2025, the highest ever and 8% more than last year, is a scathing indictment on the Minns Labor Government’s efforts to tackle pokies harm and proof they don’t give a stuff, says Greens MP...

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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.

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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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