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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 11 Hansard (30 November) . . Page.. 3518 ..
MR HUMPHRIES (continuing):
I commend the 1999-2000 report to the Assembly.
Debate (on motion by Ms Tucker ) adjourned to the next sitting.
Mr Humphries presented the following papers:
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act (Commonwealth)-Copies of:
National Classification Code (Amendment No 2); and
Guidelines for the Classification of Films and Videotapes (Amendment No 3).
MR HUMPHRIES (Chief Minister, Minister for Community Affairs, Attorney-General and Treasurer) (3.22): For the information of members, I present the following paper:
Gaming Machine Act, pursuant to section 54D-ACT Gambling and Racing Commission-Contributions made by Gaming Machine Licensees to Charitable and Community Organisations-1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000.
I move:
That the Assembly takes note of the paper.
Mr Speaker, the report I have just tabled is the third report on the subject. The first two reports were produced by the Commissioner for ACT Revenue. However, responsibility for the report is now with the ACT Gambling and Racing Commission following its establishment in December 1999.
Members will recall that the government amended the Gaming Machine Act 1987 about three years ago because of its concern that, despite having a monopoly on modern gaming machines, many clubs were not contributing a fair share of their gaming revenue to the wider public, specifically to charities, the poor and the needy in our community.
The commission's report provides information on three main aspects of the contributions: reporting compliance by licensees; details of contributions declared by licensees; and the extent of community contributions as a share of gaming revenue. The report is similar in structure to those provided by the Commissioner for ACT Revenue over the past two years and includes data on both club and hotel contributions. It is largely a statistical report and therefore can be used to make year-to-year comparisons.
Mr Speaker, the hotel group had gross gaming machine revenue in 1999-2000 of $302,153, which was a decrease of $13,112 on 1998-99. Net gaming machine revenue was estimated at $151,077, down $6,556 on the previous year. The six licensees contributed 12.04 per cent of their gross gaming machine revenue or 24.08 per cent of their net gaming machine revenue, about $36,377, to community groups. It should be
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