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THE SLIPPER ULTIMATUM

hurdle between him and pokies reform. And Gillard has again engineered a frightening bind for her ...

PoliticOZ - admin - 2012-04-30 12:42 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The Lady Killers

and personnel. Unlike issues such as climate change or pokie reform, the government and Opposition ...

The Monthly - Anne Summers - 2011-12-01 17:48 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The one-armed bandits set to rob Gillard

(Poker machines, Pokies reform, National Times) ...

The Shortlist Daily - admin - 2011-09-09 14:20 - 0 comments

Caught in the Game

goes giddy when 20,000 people pass through its turnstiles. Without league clubs and their pokie ... Football Club presidency, having presided over a club that owned the third-most lucrative pokies venue ... at Amtek, which services pokie machines. But the former ad man finds the onslaught particularly repellent. ...

The Monthly - Jonathan Horn - 2011-11-04 15:27 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Beating the Pokies

notably, the 142-year-old Romsey Hotel has no pokies. Hogan, who acquired it in 2004, envisaged a major ... by other shires in Victoria and further afield. For anti-pokies campaigners, it was a landmark victory: ... according to Hogan, it is being eyed by a petrol retailer. Briefly famous for having a pub with no pokies ...

The Monthly - Kathy Marks - 2010-08-05 14:52 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Booze Territory

billiard tables and pokies. There are lots of people milling around but the guy at the entrance tells me ...

The Monthly - Anna Krien - 2011-10-10 13:54 - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Beastly Travels

disappointed by it. Set in a corner of the highest floor, the department was poky and smelt but there were baby ...

The Monthly - Sonya Hartnett - 2011-05-13 16:30 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Out of Bounds

got her.) Gepps Cross, like many other clubs, survived on its bar and pokies earnings. Its punters ... Pokies, Racism, Rape allegations, Tobacco, Twitter, United Nations) ...

The Monthly - Anna Krien - 2011-04-03 16:36 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

A Man's Not A Camel

Published in The Monthly , August 2010, No. 59 Previous story: Beating the Pokies ...

The Monthly - Robyn Annear - 2010-08-05 14:52 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Not Rocket Science

story: Greenwash Next story: Beating the Pokies ...

The Monthly - Anna Funder - 2010-08-05 14:52 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The Wild Frontier

pensioners shuffle around playing pokies; Keno results are announced over a PA; and a man on crutches sells ... Painting, Pokies) ...

The Monthly - Mandy Sayer - 2011-03-16 10:47 - 1 comment - 0 attachments

The Biggest Loser

the question like this, Harper was following the precedent of a famous NSW case from 1999, in which pokie ... wins each year, chiefly on the pokies. People blow their savings, their super, their inheritances, ... Australian Economy, Gambling, Harry Kakavas, Lawyers, Poker, Poker machines, Pokies, Productivity Commission) ...

The Monthly - Paul Barry - 2010-05-20 11:30 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Trivial Pursuit

manager, has seen you play those quiz machines they have nowadays in pokie venues. You push a button, ...

The Monthly - Craig Sherborne - 2010-04-29 12:44 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Queensland. What is It?

and over-designed and the bar-staff in monogrammed polo shirts. With pokies. Gielgud takes me up the hill ... and pokies. It’s chockers and it’s only Monday night. On another perfect morning, Gielgud takes me south ... The Monthly Essays, ABC, Football, Pokies, Racism, Theatre) ...

The Monthly - John Harms - 2011-09-08 12:33 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Cruising

in the Casino playing Ocean Poker, a card version of the pokies all around us. Shipboard card games tend ... Football, Melbourne Cup, Pokies, Theatre, Travel) ...

The Monthly - Malcolm Knox - 2006-12-22 15:12 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Queensland. What is It?

and over-designed and the bar-staff in monogrammed polo shirts. With pokies. Gielgud takes me up the hill ... and pokies. It’s chockers and it’s only Monday night. On another perfect morning, Gielgud takes me south ... Football, Ireland, Pokies, Racism, Tennis, Theatre, Tobacco, University of Queensland) ...

The Monthly - John Harms - 2011-09-08 12:48 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The Myth of Ethical Investment

reactors and godforsaken all-night pokie joints. But has it? Recently, I rang the Mercer inquiry line ...

The Monthly - James Kirby - 2011-01-14 16:04 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

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