"(Police responded to more 000 calls about suicides than drunks last year, with documents released under Freedom of Information revealing officers went to 11,873 suicide threats or attempts in Melbourne and Geelong.
The statewide figure is likely to be significantly higher.)
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Above is from the Hrald sun, most are from Pokies, we must do something soon."

"That is a very broad statement and not backed up with any facts. Pokies are here to stay and instead of demanding prohibition, why not contact Paul and jump on with him to reduce the harm?"

"Governments do care.
They care about the money they get from Pokies, they don't care how they get that money, they give tokenistic support to gambling help organisations as window dressing, but they could not give a rats about how many suicide or harm themselves, provided the till keep getting filled.
As long as the politicians get their subsidised perks and cheap grog plus their wages increased that is all they care about, anyone who actually thinks that Governments or Politicians give a hoot about how much harm Pokies do, are fooling themselves.
We can hammer away here till the cows come home, it wont make a skeric of difference to corrupt politicians, they rely on the revenue to help pay for their perks dont you know."