Southwest Problem Gambling Summit, 16 May 2008, was a success!
Over 70 people attended the Summit, including residents, community groups, problem gambling counselling organisations, government, local clubs and industry representatives.
Cr Ngo opposes more pokies in Fairfield
Channel 10 News, Friday 11 April 2008
FACT:
Figures from the NSW Office of
Liquor,
Gaming and Racing show
Sydney’s west account for 9 of the top 12 Sydney councils for pokies profits
|
Rank |
Council |
Total
Profit# |
|
1 |
|
$329,635,231 |
|
2 |
|
$298,666,864 |
|
3 |
|
$193,140,493 |
|
4 |
|
$187,642,406 |
|
5 |
|
$176,279,872 |
|
6 |
|
$159,796,568 |
|
7 |
Penrith |
$158,669,266 |
|
8 |
|
$109,685,933 |
|
9 |
Campbelltown |
$106,689,028 |
|
10 |
Sutherland |
$102,789,631 |
|
11 |
Holroyd |
$97,633,076 |
|
12 |
|
$89,867,836 |
#
Source: 2005/06, NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing.
78% of Fairfield's disposable income lost on pokies! No more pokies in our area!
| Area/ LGA* | Pokies Exp per Adult |
Adult Pop | Pokies exp as prop of disposable household income |
| NSW | $1,009 | 4,980,000 | 15% |
| Bankstown | $1,493 | 126,000 | 33% |
| Burwood | $1,902 | 25,000 | 30% |
| Canterbury | $1,782 | 99,000 | 48% |
| Fairfield | $2,484 | 133,000 | 78% |
| Holroyd | $1,439 | 68,000 | 26% |
* Source: Judith Stubbs & Associates, July 2007
Other Gambling Related News
2008
International Gambling Conference, Auckland, NZ (Feb 08)
Read Cr Thang Ngo's report
Pokies milk our community dry.
Fact*:
- In 2004 clubs and hotels in Fairfield made total profit of
$286,735,565 from 3,854 pokies
-
Fairfield Local Government Area (LGA) has more low income earners in the
Sydney area
- Fairfield LGA has one poker machine per 36 adult, NSW is one per 51
adult
- Fairfield LGA expenditure per machine $74,399, 50% higher than NSW
average $47,423
- Fairfield LGA exp per adult was $2,093 compared to NSW average of $923
My
record in fighting the spread of
gambling harm in our community:
"As an elected official, it's my duty to do something when my
constituents are losing 78per cent of their disposable household income
to pokies" (Fairfield
Advance 21/5/08)
"Cr Ngo was optimistic" (Fairfield Champion 21/5/08)
"...at least everyone was talking" (Fairfield Advance 21/5/08)
Young people and pokies, (Hack - Triple J, ABC Radio, 20/5/08)
"Thang
Ngo expressed concern about... the staggeringly high proportion of
disposable income that residents of the area spend on [pokies]" (SydneyAnglicans.net,
16/5/08)
"...thank goodness someone is taking a stand and kicking up a
fuss" (Fairfield
Advance 7/5/08)
'Gutless' pamphlet attacks summit (Fairfield Champion 7/5/08)
Thang Ngo "...is leading a campaign against poker machines." (The Australian 26/4/08)
"Pokies hurt the most vulnerable" (media release 26/4/08)
"the summit is bringing together a range of people to discuss how we can work towards a solution" Cr Ngo (Fairfield Champion 23/4/08)
"This is a major issue; the pokies are
bleeding our community dry" (Fairfield
Advance 16/4/08)
Cr
Ngo announced the South West Sydney Problem Gambling Summit (media
release 12/4/08)
Cr Ngo opposes more pokies in Fairfield (Channel 10 News, 11/4/08)
"poker
machines were milking the community dry". (Daily
Telegraph 11/4/08)
"NZ conference cost us $18,000" (Fairfield
Advance, 9/4/08)
Thang Ngo was the only councillor to table a report on the trip. (Fairfield Advance, 2/4/08)
Cr
Ngo has proposed 11 recommendations for the council to implement. (Fairfield
Champion, 2/4/08)
"pokies expenditure is taking up 78% of our disposable household
income" Cr Ngo (media
release, 29/3/08)
Cr Ngo "... will table a report about an international gambling summit he attended in Auckland recently". (Fairfield Advance, 12/3/08)
"To see a so-called community club go into our area and basically take out more than we can afford to lose to support a venture that we didn't have a say in, we don't know anything about, kind of hurts." Cr Ngo Lateline, ABC TV 3/3/08)
"Smart cards can help to identify problem gamblers. What we need is
legislation to force these pokie palaces to act responsibly," Cr
Ngo (Fairfield
Advance 20/2/08)
"Cr Thang Ngo asked for
permission to use a meeting room at the Cabravale Leisure Centre for the
event in June but was refused" (Fairfield
Champion, 16/1/08)
"Fairfield
councillor Thang Ngo has also joined forces with the NSW Greens and
other community groups to make a summit a reality." (Fairfield
Champion, 9/1/08)
"You would never have an alcoholics
anonymous meeting in a Jim Beam factory" (Fairfield
Advance, 17/10/07)
"This is an important issue," Cr Ngo said (Fairfield Champion, 10/10/07)
Mr Ngo has written to the Office of Gaming and Racing... (SMH 6/10/07)
Call for pokie freeze (media release, 6/10/07)
Councillor Thang Ngo has been campaigning against the increase in poker machines for years (Fairfield Champion, 3/10/07)
"Gambling is the worst form of social evil within our local government area" Cr Thang Ngo (Fairfield Champion, 26/9/07)
Community club condemned for loan ad (ABC Radio, 19/12/04)
Thang Ngo: " We're the people losing $251 million a year" (ABC Radio PM, 18/7/03)
Fairfield residents were losing money to pokies at double the state average (AAP, 3/6/03)
"...the Government should introduce regional caps..." (SMH, 3/6/03)
"...any proposal for clubs to stay open [longer hours] should go to full council for consideration" Cr Thang Ngo (Fairfield Champion, 24/4/03)
Thang Ngo was expected to try to reverse his council's support for the reduction last night (Herald Sun, 23/4/03)
Morning pokie ban gets exemption vote (SMH, 22/4/03)
"...we seem to be running in to fall over ourselves to help the clubs beat the six hour shutdown" Thang Ngo (ABC Radio PM, 22/4/03)
"...Councillor Thang Ngo, who fought the shuttle service from day one..." (Fairfield Champion, 25/9/02)
Thang Ngo said the marketing campaign was "morally corrupt" (The Aust, 13/9/02)
Outrage
as Casino plays ethnic card (Fairfield
Champion, 11/9/02)
Thang Ngo, called on the government to prevent casinos from luring
people into temptation
(The Independent, UK, 2/9/02)
Councillor's campaign convinces Casino to cease paper promotion (ABC Radio, 12/9/02)
Casino accused of targeting Vietnamese (ABC Radio, 30/8/02)
"I think this whole fiasco is a sad reflection on the casino community and the gambling community as a whole" (ABC Radio PM, 29/8/02)
Cr Ngo labelled the [Canberra Casino] advertisement as "morally corrupt and potentially misleading" (Fairfield Champion, 28/8/02)
Councillor Ngo voted against an application by Club Marconi in Bossley Park for 24 trading (ABC Radio 23/4/02)
No more pokies, enough is enough (media release 23/8/00)
*Source: OLGR Gaming Statistics Summary (Nov 2006)