Australia's gambling industries (1999)
Public hearings
The following public hearings were held following the release of the issues paper in September 1998. Public hearing held after the draft report release are further below.
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Perth, 2 November 1998 (PDF 159.8 KB)| Participants | Pages |
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| Western Australian Council of Social Services: Coalition Against Pokies (Shawn Boyle) | 2-17 |
| Independent Gaming Corporation (Jim Stitt) | 18-21 |
| Wendy Silver | 22-32 |
| Lockridge Community Group (Elaine Page) | 33-42 |
| Anglican Social Responsibilities Commission of Western Australia (Theo Mackaay) | 43-46 |
| Maxinne Sclanders | 47-66 |
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| Participants at Brisbane, 9 November 1998 | Pages |
|---|---|
| D. Davis | 68-79 |
| Selwyn John Tully | 80-96 |
| Queensland University of Technology (Myles McGregor-Lowndes) | 97-109 |
| Relationships Australia (Ian MacDonald, Brian Daly, Alan Soares, Mary Marquass) | 110-131 |
| Logan City Council (Peter Collins) | 132-142 |
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| Participants at Darwin, 12 November 1998 | Pages |
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| Northern Territory University, Centre for Social Research (Dr Bill Tyler) | 144-154 |
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| Participants at Sydney, 16 November 1998 | Pages |
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| Council of Community Clubs of Australia and New Zealand (Jack Ball, Anne Munro, Lindsay Somerville, Garrie Gibson) | 156-179 |
| New South Wales Council on Problem Gambling (Laurie Bowe, Wendy Luckett) | 180-192 |
| Wesley Community Legal Service (Richard Brading, Barbara Shelley) | 193-212 |
| Don Beggs | 213-222 |
| Star City (Jim Hoggett, Peter Grimshaw) | 223-243 |
| Betsafe (Tony Toohey) | 244-258 |
| Peter Mair | 259-267 |
| UTS Community Law and Research Centre (David Dimovski, Kon Asimacopoulus) | 268-276 |
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| Participants at Sydney, 17 November 1998 | Pages |
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| Norm Hooper | 278-286 |
| Access Systems Pty Ltd (Tim Todhunter, Jon Moss, Daniel Moran) | 287-302 |
| Australian Hotels Association -New South Wales (David Charles) | 303-325 |
| Marea Donnelly | 326-336 |
| Game (Eva Fera, Dennis Borham) | 337-351 |
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| Participants at Melbourne, 23 November 1998 | Pages |
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| Springvale Legal Service (Matt Thomsen) | 353-367 |
| Inter-Church Gambling Task Force (Ray Cleary, Marilyn Webster, Tim Costello) | 368-392 |
| Melbourne Anglican Social Responsibilities Committee (Ray Cleary) | 393-399 |
| Catholic Social Services (Marilyn Webster) | 400-406 |
| Victorian Local Governance Association (Mike Hill) | 407-417 |
| Maribyrnong City Council (Sara Coward, Charles Livingstone) | 418-426 |
| City of Greater Dandenong (Greg Harris, Frances Grindlay) | 427-438 |
| Moreland City Council (Joseph O’reilly, Anthony Helou, Adrian Robb) | 439- |
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Public hearing participants - Melbourne 24 November 1998
| Participants at Melbourne, 24 November 1998 | Pages |
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| Committee on Problem Gambling (Ralph Gerdelan, Roger Parton) | 451-472 |
| Compulsive Gambling Society of New Zealand (Ralph Gerdelan) | 473-480 |
| Ian Murphy | 481-487 |
| Good Shepherd Youth and Family Services (Valerie Ayres-Wearne) | 488-501 |
| WEL Victoria (Sally Cowling) | 501-517 |
| Financial and Consumer Rights Council - Broadmeadows Care (Leigh Barrett) | 518-526 |
| TABCORP Holdings Pty Ltd (Tricia Wunsch) | 527-544 |
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| Participants at Canberra, 30 November 1998 | Pages |
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| Senator Grant Chapman | 653-675 |
| Gambling Crisis and Counselling Service Inc (Ralph Goslin) | 676-690 |
| John Beagle | 691-705 |
| Lifeline Canberra Inc (Joanne Grant, Elizabeth Badawy) | 706-720 |
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| Participants at Adelaide, 7 December 1998 | Pages |
|---|---|
| The Honourable Nick Xenophon MLC | 723-741 |
| Hotels Association of South Australia (Ms Margo Mcgregor) | 742-760 |
| Anglicare Gerard Menses, CEO (Reverend Neil Forgie, Pam Kaldis, Margaret Wightman) | 61-782 |
| Terry Coughlin | 783-790 |
| The Australian Family Party (Rodney Johnstone) | 791-800 |
| Richard John Balfour | 801-815 |
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| Participants at Adelaide, 8 December 1998 | Pages |
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| Adelaide Central Mission (Stephen Richards, Trevor Bignell, Vin Glenn) | 817-840 |
| National Association of Gambling Studies – NAGS (Vin Glenn) | 841-852 |
| Festival of Light, South Australian Branch (David Phillips, Roslyn Phillips, David D’Lima) | 853-865 |
| Relationships Australia -South Australia- Inc (Meredith Hodgeson, Helen Corrig) | 866-882 |
| National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (John O’Connor) | 883-888 |
| Adelaide Crusade Centre (John Ridley) | 889-894 |
| Nunkuwarrin Yunti, Michael McCabe | 895-910 |
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| Participants at Hobart, 14 December 1998 | Pages |
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| Anglicare Tasmania Inc (Chris Jones, Jane Hutchison) | 912-928 |
| Local Government Association of Tasmania and Brighton Council (Stewart Wardlaw, Geoff Dodge, Tony Foster) | 929-945 |
| Australian Hotels Association (Richard Mulcahy, Daniel Leesong, Peter Hurley) | 946-970 |
| Retail Traders Association of Tasmania (Tony Steven, Guy Barnett) | 971-982 |
| Tasmanian Council of Social Services (Lis Devries) | 983-991 |
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| Participants at Melbourne, 30 March 1999 | Pages |
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| ACIL Consulting (Rob Campbell, Jeffrey Rae, Greg Cutbush) | 993-1019 |
| TAB Ltd (Allen Windross, Peter Fletcher) | 1020-1030 |
| TABCORP Ltd (Alan Goodfellow, Tricia Wunsch, Jeffrey Rae (ACIL Consultant) | 1031-1040 |
| Crown Casino (David Courtney, Gary O’Neill, Bill Horman) | 1041-1050 |
| Tattersalls (John Harris, David Barnett, Jeffrey Rae (ACIL Consultant) | 1051-1060 |
| Tattersalls (Jan Byers, David Chessell (Access Economics), Bob Hawkins (Access Economics) | 1061-1074 |
The following public hearings were held following the release of the draft report on 16 July 1999.
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| Participants at Canberra, 20 August 1999 | Pages |
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| The Hon Nick Xenophon MLC, Prof Richard Blandy, Dr Anne Hawke | 1079-1094 |
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| Participants at Melbourne, 25 August 1999 | Pages |
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| Breakeven (Julie Nelson, Chris Freethy, Kathy Ryan) | 1096-1115 |
| Interchurch Gambling Task Force (John Dalziel, Marilyn Webster, Edward Chapman) | 1116-1133 |
| Gabriela Byrne | 1134-1140 |
| Kelly And Donna | 1141-1148 |
| Jesuit Social Services (Peter Norden, Diana Tran) | 1149-1162 |
| Springvale Legal Service (Adrian Evans) | 1163-1171 |
| Victorian Women’s Trust (Mary Crooks, Klara Blazevic, Anna) | 1172-1185 |
| Broadmeadows Progress Association (Sonja Rutherford, John Rutherford) | 1186-1196 |
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| Participants at Melbourne, 26 August 1999 | Pages |
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| Neville Ford | 1198-1200 |
| Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Victoria Inc (Anne Bergen) | 1201-1210 |
| BJ Masters Pty Ltd Professional Blackjack School (Andrew Scott) | 1211-1228 |
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| Participants at Hobart, 31 August 1999 | Pages |
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| Kim Peart | 1231-1234 |
| Brighton Council (Tony Foster, Geoff Dodge) | 1235-1244 |
| Anglicare Tasmania (Chris Jones, Jane Hutchison) | 1245-1256 |
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| Participants at Melbourne, 1 September 1999 | Pages |
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| Victorian Local Governance Association (Mike Hill, Sarah Coward, Charles Livingstone) | 1258-1275 |
| Boroondara City Council (Keith Walter, Ros Winkler) | 1277-1285 |
| Moreland City Council (Melanie Raymond, Jenny Merkus) | 1286-1295 |
| Victorian Local Governments Association (Mike Hill) | 1296-1304 |
| Licensed Clubs Association of Victoria (Margaret Kearney, Stephen White) | 1305-1325 |
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| Participants at Adelaide, 13 September 1999 | Pages |
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| Relationships Australia (Helen Carrig, Candice Oster) Women’s and Children’s Hospital (Philip Darbyshire) | 1327-1338 |
| University of South Australia (Anne Hawke, Richard Blandy) | 1339-1349 |
| Festival of Light (David Phillips, Phillip Burcham, Roslyn Phillips) | 1350-1363 |
| Adelaide Central Mission (Vin Glenn) | 1364-1377 |
| Nunkuwarrin Yunti (Alan Randall, Michael McCabe) | 1378-1389 |
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| Participants at Sydney, 16 September 1999 | Pages |
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| Christian Democratic Party (Reverend Fred Nile) | 1391-1401 |
| Australian Hotels Association (David Charles) | 1402-1428 |
| Uniting Church Board For Social Responsibility (Reverend Harry Herbert) | 1429-1436 |
| Star City Casino (Jim Hoggett, Peter Grimshaw) | 1437-1459 |
| Wesley Community Legal Service (Richard Brading, Janelle Ford) | 1460-1472 |
| Public Interest Advocacy Centre (Greg Kirk, Simon Moran) | 1473-1483 |
| St Vincent De Paul (Dennis Borham) | 1484-1490 |
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| Participants at Sydney, 17 September 1999 | Pages |
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| Australian Institute for Gambling Research (Jan McMillen) | 1492-1512 |
| New South Wales Community Benefit Fund Christopher Cullen | 1513-1515 |
| Norm Hooper | 1516-1521 |
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| Participants at Brisbane, 30 September 1999 | Pages |
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| Sunshine Coast Community Services Council (Louise Peach) | 1523-1529 |
| New Life Ministry, Street Level Inc (Selwyn John Tully) | 1530-1542 |
| Australian Hotels Association –Victoria (Alan Giles) | 1543-1554 |
| Australian Hotels Association (Peter Hurley, Daniel Leesong, Richard Mulcahy, Denita Harris, Chris Murphy) | 1555-1574 |
| Community Clubs Association of Australia and New Zealand (Jack Ball, Mark Fitzgibbon, Alan Stoneham) | 1575-1595 |
| ACIL Consulting Pty Ltd (Greg Cutbush, Jeffrey Rae, Terry O’Neill) | 1596-1624 |
| TABCORP (Tricia Wunsch, Alan Goodfellow) | 1625-1641 |
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| Participants at Brisbane, 1 October 1999 | Pages |
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| Interchurch Gambling Task Force (Tim Costello) | 1643-1657 |
| Jim Stewart | 1658-1662 |
| Clubs Queensland (Damien Massingham, Geoff Wohlsen) | 1663-1682 |
| Australian Casinos Association (Greg Farrell, Rodd Pahl) | 1683-1702 |
| Southside Coalition of Emergency Relief Agencies (John Fletcher, Myra Cummings) | 1703-1713 |
