North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Matthew BACH (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (14:03): (522) My constituency question is for the Minister for Casino, Gaming and Liquor Regulation. Will she meet with me and pokie reform advocates in my electorate? I had been doing a bit of research since our debate on a relevant piece of legislation the other day and was saddened to learn that pokies fleece more money from people in the City of Whittlesea in my electorate, oftentimes very poor and vulnerable people in my electorate, than almost anywhere else in the state. I think Whittlesea is sixth in terms of local council areas. Now, there are other parts of the electorate that I represent that also demonstrate really high levels of pokies harm. In Whittlesea that is $267,752 spent every day on the pokies. I have been meeting with advocates of reform recently who have good ideas about how we could do better in our electorate. I would love the minister to come along with me to have those discussions.