This past week the Australian Anglican Bishops met in Melbourne for the annual National Bishops’ Meeting.<\/p>\n
One important item on our agenda was Gambling Reform. <\/em>The Primate, Dr Phillip Aspinall, sent out a\u00a0media release <\/a> on behalf on the Anglican Bishops yesterday. Below is an excerpt from the media release:<\/p>\n Anglican Primate Dr Phillip Aspinall said \u201cThe evidence from the Productivity Commission Report on Read the entire media release:<\/strong> Media Release on Gambling Reform<\/a><\/p>\n You may also read my media release sent on 17th of January 2012:<\/strong> Poker Machine Reform<\/a><\/p>\n See also, A deal’s a deal. Not.\u00a0 <\/a>, Churches solid on pokie reform<\/a> and Christian foundations 4 Gambling Forum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This past week the Australian Anglican Bishops met in Melbourne for the annual National Bishops’ Meeting. One important item on our agenda was Gambling Reform. The Primate, Dr Phillip Aspinall, sent out a\u00a0media release on behalf on the Anglican Bishops … Continue reading
\nGambling (June 2010) is clear that poker machine problem gamblers account for about 40% of total
\npoker machine spending.
\n\u201cThe bishops recognised that problems of addiction in Australia are much wider than the abuse of
\npoker machines, but we were also confronted by the fact that around 95,000 people are addicted to
\nthe machines and each lose, on average, around $21,000 per year. For this reason there was strong
\nsupport for current proposals for a $1.00 limit on poker machine bids…”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n