“Poker machine reform is a serious public health issue, not a PR exercise; the ClubsNSW plan is as useful as a bandaid at a car crash”
Comments attributable to Rev Stu Cameron, Wesley Mission CEO and gambling reform advocate: The dual problems of gambling harm and …
NSW community loses more than $2 billion to pub and club poker machines as cost of living crisis bites
New data released by Liquor and Gaming NSW[i] shows total community losses increased in the third quarter of 2022 to …
Evidence-based cashless card design to tackle public health pokies crisis
Estimates of the number of people currently being harmed in NSW from their own or another person’s gambling range from …
NSW Labor responds to community calls to put pokies in their place
Statement from Rev Stu Cameron, Wesley Mission CEO and gambling reform advocate – “Everybody’s talking about genuine gambling reform for …
Gambling reform is everybody’s business.
A joint statement from the United Workers Union, the NSW Council of Social Service and Wesley Mission on gambling harm …
Civil society organisations launch 2023 State Election Platform, calling for leaders to ‘Put pokies in their place
Today, a growing coalition for gambling reform led by Wesley Mission will launch their official 2023 election campaign, Put Pokies …
Premier’s commitment to cashless gambling card welcome with technology precedent already being trialled in NSW
Public commitment to introduce a cashless gambling card in NSW has been met with significant support from gambling reform advocates, …
Vested interests should not limit urgent implementation of cashless gambling card
The NSW Crime Commission’s report into money laundering through poker machines in NSW pubs and clubs recommends the urgent introduction …
Clubs and pubs ‘camouflage of care for customers’ used to introduce surveillance technology
Wesley Mission is opposed to the use of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) by gambling venues as the little evidence available shows …
Open letter to the NSW Premier and Leader of the Opposition
Rev. Stu Cameron Very Rev. Sandy Grant CEO and Superintendent Rev. Stu Cameron …