Jim Wackett
@jim-wackett.bsky.social
Believer, husband, father, friend.
#PutPokiesInTheirPlace #EndGamblingAds
Gambling Reform | Truth & Reconciliation | Veterans | Refugees
Live on Darramurragal land
#PutPokiesInTheirPlace #EndGamblingAds
Gambling Reform | Truth & Reconciliation | Veterans | Refugees
Live on Darramurragal land
A representative of the only inhabitants of Heard and McDonald Islands vents its fury at the impact of US tariffs on the remote Australian island territories in the Antarctic Ocean. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
April 3, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A representative of the only inhabitants of Heard and McDonald Islands vents its fury at the impact of US tariffs on the remote Australian island territories in the Antarctic Ocean. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Two years in & the NSW government is yet to move on reforms that’ll have a real impact on reducing gambling harm, such as a cashless gambling card & powering down pokies from midnight to 10am. So, where do the parties now stand? #PutPokiesInTheirPlace #NSWPol www.wesleymission.org.au/about-us/med...
March 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Two years in & the NSW government is yet to move on reforms that’ll have a real impact on reducing gambling harm, such as a cashless gambling card & powering down pokies from midnight to 10am. So, where do the parties now stand? #PutPokiesInTheirPlace #NSWPol www.wesleymission.org.au/about-us/med...
Remember that time when wartime leader Winston Churchill visited the Oval Office in December 1941 wearing overalls only to be ambushed by Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman in a press conference where the United States effectively announced they were all in with Nazi Germany?
March 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Remember that time when wartime leader Winston Churchill visited the Oval Office in December 1941 wearing overalls only to be ambushed by Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman in a press conference where the United States effectively announced they were all in with Nazi Germany?
New cost of living report: Spiralling gambling losses are a bigger drain on the household budget than the cost of electricity and gas while gambling losses are growing at a rate faster than the cost of housing. Link to full report in the reply below.
March 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
New cost of living report: Spiralling gambling losses are a bigger drain on the household budget than the cost of electricity and gas while gambling losses are growing at a rate faster than the cost of housing. Link to full report in the reply below.
The Parramatta Leagues Club released its financial figures for 2024 last week. $55 million in takings from their 492 poker machines. They are nothing but a casino out to #FleeceTheFans with an ever so slight side interest in an NRL club. It’s time to #PutPokiesInTheirPlace
February 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The Parramatta Leagues Club released its financial figures for 2024 last week. $55 million in takings from their 492 poker machines. They are nothing but a casino out to #FleeceTheFans with an ever so slight side interest in an NRL club. It’s time to #PutPokiesInTheirPlace
New data from Dept of Liquor & Gaming reveals record losses in NSW to poker machines of $2.25 billion in 92 days between July & Sept 2024. That’s over $1 million EVERY SINGLE HOUR. It's time to #PutPokiesInTheirPlace Join the movement for gambling reform👇 yourebeingplayed.wesleymission.org.au
December 16, 2024 at 10:26 PM
New data from Dept of Liquor & Gaming reveals record losses in NSW to poker machines of $2.25 billion in 92 days between July & Sept 2024. That’s over $1 million EVERY SINGLE HOUR. It's time to #PutPokiesInTheirPlace Join the movement for gambling reform👇 yourebeingplayed.wesleymission.org.au
After watching the federal govt prevaricate for 18 months over responding to the Murphy Inquiry I've revisited this speech from Václav Havel 'On the Temptations of Political power'. It should be regular, compulsory reading for all politicians #auspol #EndGamblingAds www.cs.utexas.edu/~vl/notes/ha...
November 29, 2024 at 12:19 AM
After watching the federal govt prevaricate for 18 months over responding to the Murphy Inquiry I've revisited this speech from Václav Havel 'On the Temptations of Political power'. It should be regular, compulsory reading for all politicians #auspol #EndGamblingAds www.cs.utexas.edu/~vl/notes/ha...
Tim Freedman sings his classic, #BlowUpThePokies last night at #RocKwiz Live at the Enmore Theatre. NSW, it’s time to #PutPokiesInTheirPlace
November 25, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Tim Freedman sings his classic, #BlowUpThePokies last night at #RocKwiz Live at the Enmore Theatre. NSW, it’s time to #PutPokiesInTheirPlace