Andrews throws Crown a lifeline disguised as punishment
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Andrews throws Crown a lifeline disguised as punishment

The Victorian Premier worked the loudhailer on Tuesday to assure the public that he is willing to rip up Crown’s licence if the royal commission finds it unsuitable.

  • byElizabeth Knight

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Peter Dutton defied guidelines to award cash in marginal seat

Peter Dutton defied guidelines to award cash in marginal seat

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton defied the guidelines for a $180 million grants program to award cash to marginal seat projects.

  • byDavid Crowe
'Red flags everywhere':RSL room for big spenders may be'illegal'

'Red flags everywhere':RSL room for big spenders may be'illegal'

A potentially illegal loyalty scheme at a NSW RSL blocks members from its"Oasis lounge"unless they spend up big and a member who objected was told he may be banned.

  • byNigel Gladstone
Bid to make gambling companies liable for stolen money
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Bid to make gambling companies liable for stolen money

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie will introduce legislation to make gambling companies compensate victims of crime.

  • byNigel Gladstone andCaitlin Fitzsimmons
NSW has fewer poker machines but we are gambling more on them than last year
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NSW has fewer poker machines but we are gambling more on them than last year

Federal MP Andrew Wilkie says when the machines came back online,money meant to help families struggling through COVID-19 was"harvested by the manipulative poker machine industry".

  • byNigel Gladstone
Gambling marshals for NSW pokies venues on the cards
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Gambling marshals for NSW pokies venues on the cards

An appeal for the marshals is led by Joy Van Duinen who lost her son,Gary,to suicide following a poker machine binge at Dee Why RSL in 2018.

  • byNigel Gladstone
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Jordon Steele-John:'Politicians didn’t look like me. I thought that was inherently a problem'

Jordon Steele-John:'Politicians didn’t look like me. I thought that was inherently a problem'

The Greens Senator for Western Australia talks about his relationship with money,government policy and the need to bust open the taboo around disability and sex.

  • byBenjamin Law
Wilkie says Assange extradition efforts should be dropped after US spying revelations

Wilkie says Assange extradition efforts should be dropped after US spying revelations

Andrew Wilkie has again called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to lobby the British government to reject the United States attempts to extradite Australian-born WikiLeaks founder.

  • byRob Harris
'Our ratbag'Julian Assange suffers from psychological torture,say two Australian MPs

'Our ratbag'Julian Assange suffers from psychological torture,say two Australian MPs

Australian MPs said there was a fundamental problem with a British court being allowed to determine whether an Australian should be extradited to America.

  • byBevan Shields
Australian MPs to meet Julian Assange in London

Australian MPs to meet Julian Assange in London

Australian MPs Andrew Wilkie and George Christensen will visit Julian Assange in a London prison on Tuesday.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Love him or hate him or simply don't care,Julian Assange's fight for freedom concerns us all

Love him or hate him or simply don't care,Julian Assange's fight for freedom concerns us all

After a decade defying the authorities,Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is finally set to face court. Is democracy at stake,like his supporters say?

  • byAmanda Hooton