Labor Club to open on Petrie Plaza

No, that Angus & Robertson bookshop in Petrie Plaza was the best. Catherine was a gem. It’s a shame books were replaced with pokies.

elect bonfire to teh assembly and i will:

ban all pokies.

let people smoke.

i need a campaign mamanger – any takers ?

The affiliation between the Canberra Labor Club and the Labor Party is a hindrance if anything. The Labor Party makes a conscious effort NOT to grease wheels or show any favouritism to the Club to avoid the spotlight and media publicity. I was told that the proposed site and contract was agreed over a beer at a barbeque and has not been successful as yet to pass through the government’s approval procedures. As for the City Club? Sore losers! The effect of non-smoking laws in December 2006 has been on every clubs agenda for the last 3 years and the City Club (Being under ground) has failed to act and accommodate this inevitable change….. Like I said, sore losers!

Is this a case of the Labour Party using their power in majority government to steamroll planning and location issues, or have I missed the point completely ?

Quite frankly, I think that pokie machines should be adapted so that they take your credit card directly. If you’re that dumb to use them, so be it.

Again, this is nature’s way of decimating those who are too stupid to hold onto their resources, and frankly, I’m surprised they have managed to amass such wealth in the first place that they can afford to blow it.

Gambling addiction in medical terms is regarded as a disease. I protest this definition, as a disease by the very nature of the word, indicates something that you can catch. (such as a cold)

There is a limitation of responsibility, where if I DECIDE to put all my money into a gamble, I have DECIDED to allocate that money into it. There is no FORCIBLE cause, other than compulsion, to put my money into the machine.

What that means in laymans terms is if I’m weak willed enough to go waste my money, I don’t expect support from the Government when I turn around and say I’ve run out of money and can’t pay my bills etc.

So this whole debate about putting gambling machines next to ATM’s is a bit irrelevant. If people don’t have the willpower to not gamble, the onus is on them to avoid temptation. A bit like Alcoholics Anonymous really.

Although, if the planning requirements of the city indicate that they shouldn’t be placed in immediate vicinity, then it’s time to ask Seven Story Simon just what the hell he thinks he is doing, cause it certainly isn’t Planning.

just remember Roslyn Dundas’ legacy that pokie club ATM’s now only give out $20 notes and not $50’s
which supposedly cut pokie takings by 20% for some clubs when it first happened, but I’m sure they’ve made up the shortfall since then

f**king poker machine bastard peddling wankers. That is all i have to say.

All the pokie revenue should be diverted to funding light rail.

And Bonfire, please, for the love of God, never quote the Whitlams again, ok? 🙂

The ATM angle seems pretty irrelevant from here – are there any clubs anywhere that don’t have them onsite.

As for the rest, I think that the trade off for clubs having pokies should be providing live entertainment – surely it couldn’t be that hard.

Why is there no liberal club? (not that I’d go mind but I would’ve thought the champions of private enterprise…)

Sorry, it was late and it looked like “head” from my angle. Obviously my misreading led me to push Brendan’s point of view, just because I thought it was being hidden.

I will say this though, I think we shouldn’t have ATMs next to poker machines…nor should we have banks next door to pokie places. I would be interested to hear what the comrade has to say as his silence so far indicates he is guilty of mischief.

I also remember hearing something about laws being passed 12 months ago which enabled this whole thing…were the ALP waiting for a nice vacant spot?