I support the letter from the Australian Churches’ Gambling Taskforce and encourage you to fill in the survey on gambling/poker machine reform as set out in the Churches’ Taskforce letter:

Good morning gambling reform advocates,

Malcolm Turnbull, Liberal Member for Wentworth and Shadow Minister for Communications and Broadband is conducting a survey on poker machine reform as part of the Coalition’s consultation on gambling reform.

Rev Tim Costello, Chair of the Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce welcomes the survey. This video is also available on Malcolm Turnbull’s site.

http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/tim-costello-welcomes-problem-gambling-survey/

The survey contains useful links to research and data and will take about 15 minutes to complete.

If you decide to complete the survey, it might be worth noting that the Australian Churches’ Gambling Taskforce supports:

• Mandatory pre commitment measures on high intensity machines
• $1 maximum bets
• Removal of ATMs from gambling venues
• Additional resources for counselling
• Addressing live betting during sporting matches

The Churches’ Taskforce does not support *Voluntary pre commitment measures

The survey is available here: http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/uncategorized/survey-on-problem-gambling/

For background on the Australian Churches’ Gambling Taskforce’s position please visit www.gamblingreform.org

Members of the Australian Churches’ Gambling Taskforce include the heads of the major Christian churches in Australia and their social services arms.