Poker Machine Harm Reduction ($1 Bets and Other Measures) Bill 2012
Information about the Inquiry
On 22 March 2012 the Senate referred the Poker Machine Harm Reduction ($1 Bets and Other Measures) Bill 2012 for inquiry and report.
The Poker Machine Harm Reduction ($1 Bets and Other Measures) Bill 2012 was introduced into the Senate on 22 March 2012 by Senators Di Natale, Madigan and Xenophon and referred to the committee for inquiry and report.
In order to assist submitters, the committee originally decided to consider this legislation together with the government gambling reform legislation when it was introduced into the House of Representatives. On 18 September 2012, noting the government legislation has not yet been introduced, the committee decided to commence this inquiry.
Submissions should be received by 31 October 2012.
The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to gamblingreform@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.
Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to:
Senior Clerk's Office
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Notes to help you prepare your submission are available from the website at http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm. Alternatively, the Committee Secretariat will be able to help you with your inquiries and can be contacted on telephone +61 2 6277 3113 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5952 or by email to gamblingreform@aph.gov.au.
Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to Parliament House TTY number 02 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools at http://access.adobe.com/ for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. If you require any special arrangements to enable you to participate in the Committee's inquiry, please contact the Committee Secretariat.
Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential Committee document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not release your submission without the Committee's permission. If you do, it will not be protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes submissions public and places them on its website. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept confidential.
For further information, contact: Senior Clerk's Office
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia