Great article by Tim Costello
Abbott turns his back on problem gamblers
How silly to describe Abbott's stand like this.
Can you provide proof that mandatory limits will eliminate problem gambling?
No one else has. Further, the proponents of this policy refuse to undertake a trial of the suggested policy.
Why? If they are so confident it will work, they have nothing to fear from demonstrating it before gazillions are spent in changing the machines.
What Tony Abbott actually said is that such a policy will not fix problem gambling.
I agree. I spent some considerable time facilitating a group of pokie addicts and as a result have a considerable insight into what motivates them and what doesn't.
Absolutely no indication that any mandatory commitment would do anything for them except make them laugh.
If you can criticise Tony Abbott's suggestion that individual gamblers would much more benefit from individual counselling in order to help them understand where the motivation to gamble came from and thence how to cope with it from a point of view of knowledge and experience, by all means do this.
But I'm pretty sure you won't be able to, so maybe just hold off on the mindless criticism.
The proposed policy exists purely because one Andrew Wilkie demanded it as a condition of allowing Gillard to govern. Absolutely not because of any conviction on Gillard's part on the issue, as is entirely obvious every time she talks about it.
Nope - know exactly who I am talking about - World Vision etc etc.
I rate Peter Costello (so do 99% of the population). If he was in power now Australia would be a lot "luckier"
Couldn't agree more.
Not sure where you are coming from given Tim Costello has spent a live time being an advocate for the poor, starving and disadvantaged often against the establishment.
Well, whoop de do. I'm all for people who care about the disadvantaged, but Tim Costello lacks the capacity to apply an objective view about most of what he goes on about. Couldn't be more different from his brother.