Media releases

Lifeline – Australia’s national 24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention service – celebrates 60 years of saving lives on 16 March 2023.

In light of the ABC’s Four Corners program revelations, and the ongoing debate about poker machine reform, Wesley Mission has today released a discussion paper on the gambling industry proposal to...

Wesley Mission is pleased that the Liberal/National Coalition remains committed to the introduction of a mandatory cashless gambling card, and now has now released details and time-lined plans to do...

Much of the reporting on poker machines focuses on the most impacted communities, but data analysed by Wesley Mission reveals that gambling harm is affecting every single community across NSW.

Comments attributable to Rev Stu Cameron, Wesley Mission CEO and gambling reform advocate:

New data released by Liquor and Gaming NSW[i] shows total community losses increased in the third quarter of 2022 to $2.18 billion from 86,568 poker machines in NSW clubs and pubs. Comparatively,...

Estimates of the number of people currently being harmed in NSW from their own or another person’s gambling range from over 900,000 to 1.7 million. This staggering public health crisis is barely...

Statement from Rev Stu Cameron, Wesley Mission CEO and gambling reform advocate

Rev Stu Cameron, CEO and Superintendent of Wesley Mission:

A joint statement from the United Workers Union, the NSW Council of Social Service and Wesley Mission on gambling harm The United Workers Union, the NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) and Wesley...

Today, a growing coalition for gambling reform led by Wesley Mission will launch their official 2023 election campaign, Put Pokies in Their Place, at NSW Parliament House.

Public commitment to introduce a cashless gambling card in NSW has been met with significant support from gambling reform advocates, including Wesley Mission CEO Rev Stu Cameron, who praised the...