From the Australian Financial Review ($)
Handouts to low-income earners under the federal government’s carbon tax scheme have led to a surge in gaming revenues at pubs and clubs, prompting calls for the compensation to be paid as credits rather than cash.
Poker machine revenues in Queensland jumped more than 7 per cent in May – when the first Clean Energy payments went out – and rose almost 12 per cent in June year on year, according to Queensland Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation figures. Other states are yet to release electronic gaming machine revenues for June, but in local government areas such as Bendigo, they rose 8.6 per cent in May – well above the Victorian average of 1.4 per cent.
Here is a graph showing that change.
Then there is Pickering’s take.
No, no, no. It’s because of consumer confidence. (Don’t write crap or I’ll sic Finkelstein onto you.)
benson
19 Jul 12 at 12:03 am
This (and the schools bonus) is what happens when you shove money into the hands of feckless pond-scum with no sense of social responsibility.
The decent ones? Down to the nearest Aussie Post outlet long since, proverbial wads of cash in one hand and a stack of obscenely swollen utilities bills in the other, or heading to the stationery isles at Officeworks and the school-uniform clothiers as fast as they can.
perturbed
19 Jul 12 at 12:24 am
From the AFR link,
Gab
19 Jul 12 at 12:36 am
Can we please get the PM to answer this question and expose the lies? You can vote eight times for it and voting closes today
stu
19 Jul 12 at 6:37 am
And still 30% of our fellow citizens believe she’s doing a top job. WTF!!!!!!
Abraham
19 Jul 12 at 7:38 am
Only one thing is more addictive than crystal meth … BLOODY WELFARE!!!!!!!
Abraham
19 Jul 12 at 7:39 am
Yeees. Such a shame that consumer confidence is so fickle that it can fall so soon afterwards, too.
Catfeesh?
19 Jul 12 at 7:41 am
I listened a that moron of an assistant treasurer – “The Captain” from western Sydney – say that the spike in pokie revenue was not a spike, rather the pokie revenue from last year was down due to the floods.
FFS.
Token
19 Jul 12 at 8:13 am
So not due to AbbottAbbottAbbott?
Rabz
19 Jul 12 at 8:29 am
It was on Ross Greenwood’s show last night so maybe it was clipped as there is only so much idiocy even a professional person can take.
Note the spike on the graph occurs in May/Jun.
Remind me what month the Queensland floods/cyclone occured in?
As he is another mental midget, Bradbury is a great pair for Goose, the Captain can get out his own special magical trident and join Goose banging pots as they run around Treasury..
Token
19 Jul 12 at 8:42 am
It’s the budget dude, along with people thinking they have a huge tax refund.
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19 Jul 12 at 9:42 am
Also be interesting to see sexylands sales,their sales went up significantly after Rudds handout,i think their sales surge after every welfare handout.
yetti
19 Jul 12 at 11:11 am
Stu – you got the link wrong
our say question
brc
19 Jul 12 at 11:56 am
oops! thanks brc
stu
19 Jul 12 at 12:39 pm