Party grassroots tell Minns to get real on poker machine reform

July 6, 2026 — 4:32pm

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The NSW Labor conference’s unanimous support for an end to the free-for-all enjoyed by poker machines in NSW clubs has left Premier Chris Minns with little wriggle room.

Minns has been obfuscating on poker machine reforms, despite ample evidence of their deleterious economic and social impacts, but the grassroots revolt at the weekend conference has increased pressure on him to respond to recommendations made 18 months ago by the Independent Panel on Gaming Reform.

The motion put to the conference by Inner West Mayor Darcy Byrne and Unions NSW Secretary Mark Morey proposes a moratorium on new machine licences, creates a new tax on clubs that raise more than $20 million in gaming revenue........

© The Sydney Morning Herald