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Labour's Opposition to Gaming Reforms
There's 100,000 gaming machines in New South Wales and an industry that's grown up around that number of gaming machines. Labour found itself in a very awkward position when they initially opposed the reforms but then allies came out in favour. They proposed to ban political donations from clubs that run poker machines which would have cost Labour money because overwhelmingly, club donations go to Labour. But Chris Minnes also said he'd already instructed the party to refuse donations. He did say, however, that they wouldn't retrospectively return donations they'd received because they'd already spent them.
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