16th
January 2007
NSW Pub Landlords Protest Parliament
House
Over 100 Country and Suburban Hoteliers
and their supporters will hold a rally this Tuesday to protest against
the
removal of poker machine entitlements by lessees who have leases
drafted prior
to the Gaming Machine Amendment Act 2001.
Over
60 country and suburban hotels have
closed down due the State government lack of action and owners are
calling on
the Government to place a stay of proceedings where no disputed poker
machine
transfers can be authorised by the Liquor Administration Board and
reinstate
poker machines back into hotels that have been stripped by hostile
tenants.
Date: Tuesday, 16th January 2007
Time: 12 noon
Where: Macquarie Street
entrance of Parliament House then
move on to Governor Macquarie Tower.
Former Minister
for Gaming and Racing, Mr Richard Face, will be attending and offered
his full
support. Mr Face believes that the full intention of the current
legislation is
not been carried out and will be available for comment.
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