Andrew Wilkie
Let’s talk about pokies responsibility
25 January 2012 | Alan Stokes
PRINT: 25 January 2012 | PAGE 51 | Let’s talk about pokies responsibility
There’s no better time than tomorrow – Australia Day – to talk about the sort of country we’d like to be.
| People | Julia Gillard, Andrew Wilkie, Nick Xenophon | |
| Topics | Gaming & Wagering, Politics/Federal Politics |
Capex could deliver earnings jackpot for Sky City
25 January 2012 | Sarah Thompson, Christine Lacy and Stephen Shore
PRINT: 25 January 2012 | PAGE 18 | Capex could deliver earnings jackpot for Sky City casinos
For Sky City, commitment to capital expenditure is expected to drive the casino operator’s prospects for some time.
| Companies | Sky City Entertain. | |
| People | Andrew Wilkie, Julia Gillard | |
| Topics | Company News, Gaming & Wagering |
Crash through or crash
18 January 2012 |
PRINT: 18 January 2012 | PAGE 52 | Crash or crash through
Rear Window is running a book on the 2012 Hammerhead Award, and no, we are not talking about the shark that turned up five minutes too late to eat Tony Abbott at Manly last week.
| People | Muammar Gaddafi, Tony Abbott, Eddie Mcguire, Andrew Wilkie, Julia Gillard | |
| Topics | Politics/Federal Politics, Media & Marketing/Television, Media & Marketing/Publishing & Media |
Wilkie’s unlikely allies
18 January 2012 |
PRINT: 18 January 2012 | PAGE 52 | Wilkie’s unlikely allies
Adman and spin doctor Sue Cato will not be taking any Gillard bullets so meekly. In a major blow to the pubs and clubs lobby, Lawrence and Cato will campaign, pro bono, for Andrew Wilkie’s poker machine reform package.
| People | Andrew Wilkie | |
| Topics | Gaming & Wagering |
Packer performs for punters
28 October 2011 |
PRINT: 28 October 2011 | PAGE 40 | Packer performs for punters
James Packer has certainly been busy in Melbourne over the past couple of days.
Kevin’s poisoned chalice, anyone?
28 September 2011 | Alan Stokes
PRINT: 28 September 2011 | PAGE 64 | Kevin’s poisoned chalice, anyone?
The assumption among Gillard-bashers is that Kevin Rudd is the answer. But if Rudd’s the answer, it must be one doozie of a question.
| People | Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Paul Howes, Mark Arbib, Bill Shorten, Tony Abbott, Andrew Wilkie, Peter Beattie | |
| Topics | Politics/Federal Politics |
Pokies Ponzi a losers’ game
24 September 2011 | Alan Stokes
PRINT: 24 September 2011 | PAGE 61 | Pokies Ponzi a losers’ game
A legal yet morally bankrupt Ponzi business model is ripping off the vulnerable and their families across Australia.
| People | Andrew Wilkie | |
| Topics | Gaming & Wagering |
Make winners of below-par politicians
21 September 2011 | Alan Stokes
PRINT: 21 September 2011 | PAGE 64 | Make winners of below-par politicians
It’s that season again. Your team has lost, the Wallabies are humiliated and Lleyton Hewitt double-double faulted Australia out of the Davis Cup.
| People | Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott, Wayne Swan, Joe Hockey, Greg Combet, Greg Hunt, Craig Thomson, Andrew Wilkie, Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott, Bob Katter | |
| Topics | Politics/Federal Politics |
Armageddon a few bets on
28 May 2011 | Alan Stokes
PRINT: 28 May 2011 | PAGE 61 | Armageddon
Due to a strike at the Bureau of Meteorology, there will be no global warming today.
| People | Julia Gillard, Wayne Swan, Greg Combet, Malcolm Turnbull, Andrew Wilkie, Tony Abbott | |
| Topics | Politics, Gaming & Wagering |
There is only one America
07 May 2011 | Alan Stokes
PRINT: 07 May 2011 | PAGE 29 | There is only one America
The excitement even gets to the President, who becomes confused about what really happened and begins mixing up “justice” and “vengeance”.
It’s Australian: blokes in need of a fleecing
14 April 2011 | Alan Stokes
PRINT: 14 April 2011 | PAGE 56 | It’s Australian for blokes to blow their dough
The real Australian bloke of 2011 goes shopping between sinking beers and putting a few quid through the pokies.
| People | Andrew Wilkie, Nick Xenophon | |
| Topics | Gaming & Wagering, Consumer Goods & Services |
Wilkie’s smart compromise on pokies
06 April 2011 | Alan Stokes
PRINT: 06 April 2011 | PAGE 56 | Wilkie’s smart compromise on pokies
Let’s stop the grandstanding about pokies reform and admit what Andrew Wilkie, the clubs/pubs, the PM and the states already know.
| People | Andrew Wilkie, Julia Gillard, Bob Katter, Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott | |
| Topics | Gaming & Wagering, Politics/Federal Politics |
Here’s a rare pokies winner
12 February 2011 | Alan Stokes
PRINT: 12 February 2011 | PAGE 31 | Here’s a rare
Such is life | Poker machine players never really win, nor do their families nor society.
| People | Julia Gillard, Peter Shergold, Andrew Wilkie | |
| Topics | Politics/Legislation, Gaming & Wagering |
