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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 3 Hansard (9 April) . . Page.. 828 ..

Motion (by Mrs Carnell) put:

That the debate be adjourned.

The Assembly voted -

	AYES, 10	 NOES, 7

	Mrs Carnell	Mr Berry
	Mr Cornwell	Mr Corbell
	Mr Hird		Ms McRae
	Ms Horodny	Mr Osborne
	Mr Humphries	Ms Reilly
	Mr Kaine	Mr Whitecross
	Mrs Littlewood	Mr Wood
	Mr Moore
	Mr Stefaniak
	Ms Tucker

MR WHITECROSS (Leader of the Opposition) (5.54): I move:

That this Assembly calls on the Government to commission and fund a social and economic impact study of gambling in the ACT by an independent researcher. The issues to be examined are to include:

(1) the current state of the gambling industry ie. the number of venues, the facilities and activities at the venues, links between location and patterns of gambling and the contribution of the gaming industry to Government revenue;

(2) the social and economic profile of gamblers, eg. gender, age, ethnicity, income;

(3) the incidence of people with addictive or excessive gambling problems;

(4) the effects of gambling on household income, family breakdown, homelessness, emotional and financial problems, socially dysfunctional behaviour, suicide rates, vulnerable groups such as youth, unemployed, retired, non-English speaking background, and bankruptcy;

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