Family First Senator Steve Fielding says the Federal Government should use the Corporations Act to rid pubs and clubs of poker machines.
Senator Fielding says he is alarmed by figures that show Australia has among the highest number of poker machines per capita in the world.
He accused Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of expressing his concern about the impact of poker machines, but failing to act.
"He talks about it but he doesn't want to do anything about it when it comes to some of the hard issues, and he can do something," he said.
"[He could] get the poker machines out of our pubs and clubs and put them into dedicated gambling venues like race tracks and casinos."
Issued by abc.net.au 18th January 2010
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/18/2794522.htm
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