Western Metropolitan Region
David ETTERSHANK (Western Metropolitan) (12:51): (59) My constituency question is for the Minister for Casino, Gaming and Liquor Regulation. My constituent is a resident of Brimbank, and she is concerned about the impact of pokies in her neighbourhood. In contacting my office she highlighted the 2021–22 study showing that Brimbank has the unenviable record of attracting the highest losses on electronic gaming machines of any local government area in Victoria over the last decade. There are 15 pokies venues, representing over 950 machines on which over $350,000 a day is being lost. It is so overtly and negatively impacting families in this area, and so my constituent asks: how will the minister intervene to curb further losses in this community?