Poker machine reform passes Parliament
Friday 30 November 2012 @ 10.34 a.m. | Legal Research
The Federal Government's poker machine laws passed Parliament last night, 29 November 2012.
Pubs and clubs will need voluntary pre-commitment technology on their machines, though the first venues will not switch it on until 2018.
The Government got a one-vote majority in the House of Representatives and the the legislation passed the Senate on Thursday evening with the support of the Greens.
Reverend Tim Costello, from the Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce, says parliamentarians were under enormous pressure to oppose the legislation.
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