Party is under pressure on gambling measures after NSW Coalition announced cashless gaming scheme
The federal independent MP Andrew Wilkie has declared gambling reform as a “fundamental test” of character for Labor as pressure mounts on the party at the state and federal level to follow thePerrottet government unveiled a $344m plan
to switch the state to cashless poker machines over the next five years – a move that has been resisted by the state’s Labor leader, Chris Minns, who has only committed to a limited trial. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, refused to weigh in on the issue on Tuesday, saying it was a matter for the states, as advocates call for a federal intervention.
Wilkie said he planned to travel to Sydney before the March state election and would be “seeking opportunities to speak up”, a decade after the then prime minister Julia Gillard backed out of substantive changes in the space. “I see poker machine reform at this state election as much more than just about poker machines. I see it as a fundamental test of the character of the major political parties and it’s a test that Mr Minns will fail if he doesn’t get on board,” Wilkie told Guardian Australia.
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