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Involving cultural diversity organisations in poker machine reform is essential. Approaches to harm reduction should be shaped by the diverse cultural perspectives and personal experiences within our communities.

The Alliance for Gambling Reform exists to prevent and reduce gambling harm across Australia.

Poker machines are causing immense damage to individuals, families, and communities across NSW. We proudly support Wesley Mission's campaign for much-needed reform.

At Anglicare, our mission is to strengthen communities, enrich lives and share the love of Jesus. Through our work in financial counselling, mental health, family and domestic violence, aged care and housing, and we seek to support the emotional, social, and financial lives of those we serve.

Every day we see first-hand the significant harm gambling can cause, particularly for people already facing disadvantage and their families. Gambling addiction undermines financial security, strains relationships, and deepens vulnerability. We join Wesley Mission in calling for urgent reform to reduce gambling harm in our communities, and for all those in positions of power to take the responsible actions the community clearly demands.

Involving cultural diversity organisations in poker machine reform is essential.

Approaches to harm reduction should be shaped by the diverse cultural perspectives and personal experiences within our communities.

Gambling harm disproportionately affects communities already facing significant hardship and can destabilise vulnerable children and families.

The ripple effects include family stress, financial insecurity, increased risk of neglect, relationship breakdown and reduced capacity for parents and carers to provide safe, stable and nurturing environments for children. These harms flow directly into the child and family services system, which is why we support Wesley Mission’s gambling reform campaign.

Meaningful reform is essential to protect children, strengthen families and prevent avoidable harm across NSW.

The Australian Health Promotion Association NSW/ACT has joined the Gambling Reform Alliance because urgent action is needed to address gambling harm in our communities.  Gambling harm contributes to poor mental health and exacerbates inequality.

Health promotion professionals have a responsibility to address the social and commercial determinants of health. AHPA NSW/ACT is keen to collaborate with other organisations to push for regulatory reforms to reduce gambling harm.

NSW & ACT Baptists are proud to stand with Wesley Mission in the call for meaningful poker-machine reform.

As a movement shaped by Jesus’ vision that every person is created for life in all its fullness, we cannot ignore the profound harm caused by poker machines in our communities. Churches across our state regularly witness the relational, emotional and financial damage that gambling addiction inflicts on individuals and families.

Reducing this harm is not only a policy issue — it is a gospel-shaped commitment to protect the vulnerable and uphold human dignity.

Gambling is a public health issue. The health sector’s involvement in gambling reform ensures reforms address the full spectrum of health impacts and support effective prevention and treatment measures. 

Gambling is a public health issue. The health sector’s involvement in gambling reform helps ensure that reforms address the full spectrum of gambling-related health impacts and support effective prevention and treatment measures.

Common Grace dreams of communities where all people can thrive in safety, freedom, and flourishing. Through our work addressing domestic and family violence, we have seen how gambling harm can further fracture this vision, intensifying the pressures and vulnerabilities many already face.

This harm is felt even more deeply in First Nations communities: 27% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience gambling harm - double that of non-Indigenous Australians. We believe bold, compassionate, evidence-based reform is essential to renewing our communities, and we are proud to stand alongside Wesley Mission in this important work.

Social services must be at the heart of gambling harm minimisation because they hold the trust of communities and see the human cost of harm through their work. 

Social services must be at the heart of gambling harm minimisation because they hold the trust of communities and see the human cost of harm through their work. 

Domestic Violence NSW represents over 180 organisations working to end domestic and family violence in NSW.

We acknowledge the complex factors contributing to this significant issue. Research, including that from Wesley Mission, shows that gambling can heighten financial and emotional stress, leading to an increased risk of domestic and family violence. Additionally, some survivors may turn to gambling as a coping mechanism.

Addressing domestic violence requires tackling gambling harm. We stand with Wesley Mission in urging urgent government and community action.

All NSW children have the right to thrive in safe, strong and supportive families and communities. Gambling harm fractures these foundations.  

To keep kids safe and families strong, we must change the systems that allow harm to persist.

Financial stress is a common experience of people harmed by gambling. Working with financial counsellors is an important part of the healing process for those affected. 

Social services must be at the heart of gambling harm minimisation because they hold the trust of communities and see the human cost of harm through their work. 

Georges River Council is committed to fostering a safe and resilient community by supporting initiatives that mitigate gambling harm, particularly due to intersections with addiction, health, crime, and broader community safety concerns, and given the significant culturally and linguistically diverse population in our area - identified as being at higher risk of gambling-related harm.

Georges River Council supports Wesley Mission’s Put Pokies in Their Place campaign and adopts its five key poker machine reform measures to minimise gambling harm, especially for our already vulnerable and marginalised communities.

As the only national body run entirely by people with lived experience of gambling harm, GHLEE is proud to support Wesley Mission in its efforts to reduce the devastating impact poker machines have in NSW and around Australia.

Gambling addiction is arguably the number one avoidable cause of poverty in Australia and all efforts to reduce the harm caused by a predatory industry are welcome.

Young people are most at risk of gambling harm in Australia. Navigating the exposure to gambling from advertising to in-game components requires a holistic approach in which the youth sector is pivotal. 

Involving cultural diversity organisations in poker machine reform is essential. Approaches to harm reduction should be shaped by the diverse cultural perspectives and personal experiences within our communities. 

We support Wesley’s campaign for poker machine reform because we believe the proposed measures are a justified and proportionate response to the worst harms of gambling addiction.

Kogarah Storehouse, serving the St George community since 1992, has joined this initiative to confront the issue of poker machine gambling addiction, as we are very aware of the impact it has on families in our community in so many ways.

Faith-based communities witness the real-world impact of gambling harm on everyday people and families. They enrich reform work through a focus on compassion, dignity, and community wellbeing. 

Involving cultural diversity organisations in poker machine reform is essential. Approaches to harm reduction should be shaped by the diverse cultural perspectives and personal experiences within our communities.   

Muslim Women Australia’s work is guided by principles of justice, accountability, and the protection of human dignity.

Gambling harm undermines family stability, deepens financial vulnerability, and disproportionately impacts those already at risk. Meaningful reform is essential to safeguarding communities and preventing avoidable harm.

We continue to support reforms that place community wellbeing above revenue.

Addressing gambling harms is a key priority for NADA because gambling often co-occurs with alcohol and other drugs use and can compound risks for individuals and their communities – such as financial hardship, relationship breakdowns, and mental health impacts. NADA is committed to supporting frontline services, providing access to education, and advocating for policy changes.

We strongly support Wesley Mission's campaign to reform poker machines in NSW and minimise gambling harm, as we know that collaborative action is vital to reducing harm and improving wellbeing for those affected across NSW.

Faith-based communities witness the real-world impact of gambling harm on everyday people and families. They enrich reform work through a focus on compassion, dignity, and community wellbeing. 

Social services must be at the heart of gambling harm minimisation because they hold the trust of communities and see the human cost of harm through their work. 

OWN NSW strongly supports gambling reform because the consequences of inaction are destroying lives, families and communities. While the gambling industry extracts billions, women are pushed closer to homelessness, and violence escalates behind closed doors.

For as long as politicians sit in the pockets of gambling interests, it is vulnerable women and children who pay the price. 

The Public Health Association of Australia, NSW Branch, is proud to join the Wesley Gambling Coalition to support the ongoing effort to minimise gambling harm as this is a crucial step in highlighting gambling as a public health issue.

By joining this strong, collaborative movement, we aim to contribute to sustainable policy change to protect our communities from the pervasive impacts of gambling-related harm.  

We support putting poker machines in their place because an addiction to them can have devastating impacts on spouses and children.  

I have myself seen the devastating effects on a family when a husband accrued massive poker machine debts without his wife even knowing about them. We must recognise the addictive effect of poker machines and put measures in place to reduce the harm they can cause.

It is essential that the housing sector is involved in gambling reform: There is a close, often two-way relationship between gambling harm and housing insecurity, where gambling can both cause and result from housing stress or homelessness. 

My Foundation joined the Wesley Mission-led campaign for gambling reform because rarely a day goes past that I don’t see someone whose life hasn’t been severely damaged by gambling

Faith-based communities witness the real-world impact of gambling harm on everyday people and families. They enrich reform work through a focus on compassion, dignity, and community wellbeing. 

At SSI, our work is all about supporting diverse communities to achieve their full potential. We see firsthand how gambling harm can derail that — pushing individuals and families into financial stress, housing insecurity and social isolation.

Migrant and refugee communities can face added risks due to language barriers, stigma and limited access to culturally safe support. That’s why we support Wesley Mission’s call for stronger gambling reform. This is about reducing harm, protecting families and ensuring our systems put people and community wellbeing ahead of profit.

Providing more housing security for all people – especially those on the lowest incomes, remains a core quest of Shelter NSW – anything that prevents this – such as the well documented harm caused by widespread gambling – should be urgently addressed.

We commend our sector peers, Wesley Mission in bravely calling this out. Their firm advocacy ask– calling for policy reform to ensure gambling related harm does not further result in homelessness – is one we proudly support and agree with.

Gambling is a public health issue. The health sector’s involvement in gambling reform ensures reforms address the full spectrum of health impacts and support effective prevention and treatment measures. 

Jesus delights to lift burdens from the heavy laden. And the Bible says  ‘Love does no harm to a neighbour’ (Romans 13:10) Australia has the the world’s highest rate of gambling losses. Such harm bankrupts families, destroys friendships, ruins businesses, torpedoes careers, corrupts sport and worse.

Many pastors have seen the damage first-hand…  Car accident hospitalisation occurs at a rate 5 times lower than problem gambling. But we approve all sorts of limits on our roads: seat belts, air bags and speed cameras. Now we need to put air bags on pokies and sportbetting! 

Gambling is a public health issue. The health sector’s involvement in gambling reform ensures reforms address the full spectrum of health impacts and support effective prevention and treatment measures. 

Gambling is a public health issue. The health sector’s involvement in gambling reform ensures reforms address the full spectrum of health impacts and support effective prevention and treatment measures. 

Gambling is a public health issue. The health sector’s involvement in gambling reform ensures reforms address the full spectrum of health impacts and support effective prevention and treatment measures. 

SydWest Multicultural Services joined Wesley Mission’s coalition because we see firsthand the disproportionate impact gambling harm has on vulnerable and culturally diverse communities. We believe meaningful reform is essential to protect individuals and families, and we are committed to supporting collaborative efforts that lead to safer, healthier outcomes.

As an organisation who supports vulnerable families, including families impacted by domestic and family violence, we know that gambling is a contributing factor that is causing harm for many of the families we are working with. We see the impacts, particularly on children and young people that go well beyond lack of material goods and also impacts on attachment, connection and safety.

With NSW being the pokie capital of the world, we support our sector colleagues' efforts to reduce the harm caused by these machines. They are designed to be addictive and are inflicting significant damage on individuals, families and the broader community.

The Hope Project Australia works collaboratively with incredible organisations like Wesley Mission to support the campaign to create reforms that our nation needs, to address the public health crisis of gambling harm. 

Faith-based communities witness the real-world impact of gambling harm on everyday people and families. They enrich reform work through a focus on compassion, dignity, and community wellbeing. 

Poker-machine harm isn’t abstract for us at Wayside. We meet people who’ve lost their savings, their homes, their relationships and at times even their hope, one spin at a time. When billions are taken from communities already doing it tough, it becomes a system that profits from desperation.

We stand with Wesley Mission because meaningful reforms — like a cashless card with real limits and stronger protections — are about more than regulation, they’re about giving people a fair chance to rebuild their lives with dignity and choice.

Western Sydney Community Forum recognises gambling related harm as one of the most significant regional priorities. It recognises gambling harm as a public health issue and is committed to working with stakeholders on prevention and minimisation strategies to reduce the incidence and impacts of gambling related harm.

Furthermore, Western Sydney Community Forum is committed to maximising opportunities to bring attention to this priority in public policy making, and leverage resources and partnerships to minimise the harm that is caused by gambling on individuals, families and the wider community.

WCTU has always, since 1874, been outspoken about gambling and its evils.  We stand for abstinence from alcohol and all harmful drugs, not prescribed by a doctor.  

Gambling is associated with alcohol and drug taking and causes great trouble in families.

Faith-based communities witness the real-world impact of gambling harm on everyday people and families. They enrich reform work through a focus on compassion, dignity, and community wellbeing.