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Queensland LNP promises to increase pokies cap for clubs with more than two premises (www.abc.net.au)
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In short:

  • Queensland's LNP opposition wants to increase the cap on poker machines that can operate at clubs with more than two premises.
  • The gaming machine cap for a club licensee with three or more sites is 500, but the LNP wants to lift that to 700.

What's next?

  • The LNP is taking the policy to the looming October state election, arguing that the proposal would benefit smaller clubs facing closure.

... Don't these statements contradict each other?

-> Applies only to businesses with more than two premises

-> benefits "smaller clubs"

???

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

This sounds like a really good policy idea, especially if you consider the positives:

  • Gambling lobby has more money for LNP donations

Vs the very very insignificant negatives:

  • More bankruptcy
  • More suicides
  • More unemployed poor people to villanise

Absolutely genius, can't wait for their other great policies like:

  • making preferencing optional so it's easier for them to win (which they announced after winning the BCC election which has optional preferencing),
  • rolling over like a dog for a belly rub to allow nuclear to be built in QLD to satisfy Peter Dutton's wet dreams,
  • naming a railway line after Queen Elizabeth ii (not entirely unreasonable but there are probably people that did more for QLD to name it after),
  • giving those poor defenceless, internationally-owned coal miners a break, because they have spent too much saturating our advertising with cries for help and that money could be much better spent on LNP donations
  • discontinuing the government's renewables projects to erode confidence from the sector, afterall they don't donate to the LNP