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  • Oct, 2011

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    Pokies Legislation

    Q. The Federal Government has proposed gambling reforms which include “pre-commitment” technology that will require pokies players to have a card registered to their name and pre-programmed to prevent them losing more than a set amount in a 24-hour period. Do you support or oppose this measure?

    18 Apr 2011 12 Sept 2011 Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Total support 65% 67% 61% 73% 52% 82%
    Total oppose 21% 25% 30% 21% 41% 10%
    Strongly support 32% 34% 29% 38% 20% 53%
    Support 33% 33% 32% 35% 32% 29%
    Oppose 12% 13% 15% 13% 20% 5%
    Strongly oppose 9% 12% 15% 8% 21% 5%
    Don’t know 13% 9% 9% 6% 7% 8%

    The majority of respondents support the proposed gambling reforms to include pre-commitment technology on pokies machines around Australia.

    However, support for the reform has fallen 6 points to 61% this week, with opposition climbing from 25% to 30% at the same time.

    Greens voters are the most likely to support the reform (82%) followed by Labor voters (73%).    Whilst Coalition voters were the least likely to do so, the majority of them nonetheless support the reforms (52%).

    Looking at the responses by age, respondents aged 18-24 are the most likely to support the reforms (74%) whilst those aged 55-64 are the most likely to oppose them (42%).

    Looking are responses by state and territory, respondents in NSW are the most likely to oppose the reforms, with 37% stating they are either strongly opposed or opposed to the proposed legislation.

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