Page 2943 - Week 10 - Thursday, 15 August 1991
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MR STEVENSON: And the police quotations in 1990.
Mr Wood: Which inquiry in Victoria?
MR STEVENSON: I think it is obvious that some members did not listen to what I said. Before you can comment on what I say, Mr Wood, you need to listen to what I say. The problem can easily be solved by reading the Hansard tomorrow and finding out what I said. I say again, and I will continue to make the point, that in this industry we need to take precautions. Anyone that does not support the notion that we need to take precautions is abrogating their responsibility. And I hope it will never be shown that it was a major problem.
Gaming Machine Legislation
MR STEFANIAK (5.46): I was not going to comment; but I think I really have to, in relation to Mr Stevenson's rather strange comments in relation to what is a very simple Bill, the Gaming Machine (Amendment) Bill. The Bill relates to percentages. For your information, Dennis, I have worked as a director in the club industry. My father was the secretary-manager of a licensed club and was instrumental in getting poker machines into it. I have met members of the industry, and I have also prosecuted people in relation to gambling machines and their illegal use.
I recall that some years ago there were some allegations in relation to, I think, Aristocrat machines and the Ainsworths. But I am also very aware, Mr Stevenson, in relation to the ACT, how regulated the industry is, how very effectively controlled it is and how corruption free it is. From my personal knowledge of a lot of people in the industry, all I can say is that I have absolutely no doubt as to the honesty and integrity of the ones with whom I have come into contact. I really think that you are way off the point in raising, in relation to this very simple Bill, matters that, to my knowledge, are not relevant in the ACT because the industry is well controlled and there are checks and balances in the system.
Mr Stevenson: We should keep it that way.
MR STEFANIAK: I think we are, but that has nothing to do with this Bill. Nothing in this Bill should cause any concern at all for members of the public, and I am quite amazed, really, that you raised what you raised in the context of that particular Bill.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Assembly adjourned at 5.48 pm until Tuesday, 10 September 1991, at 2.30 pm
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