NSW Labor toughens pokies stance as Sydney inner west mayor says ‘momentum for real reform unstoppable’

According to The Guardian, New South Wales Labor has adopted a major shift on gambling policy. At the party's state conference on Sunday, delegates unanimously passed a motion committing to remove fifty percent of poker machines from operation over the next ten years. The move responds to surging operator profits and mounting pressure from the party's left wing on Premier Chris Minns to tackle problem gambling. After years of relative inaction, reform momentum is now building.

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