' I can't give a blank check or bipartisan support for a proposal that I haven't seen before, particularly when you consider there are varying views in relation to whether it would work or not.' 'If there's a proposal on the table in particular in relation to an expanded trial for cashless cards in NSW for pubs and clubs in the city and country … we would be supportive of that,' he told ABC Radio Sydney. He said he could not offer bipartisan support for the plan, as he was worried about the unintended consequences on the mammoth clubs and pubs industry in NSW. 'The money that flows from clubs and pubs lobbied to both major political parties is a factor,' Wesley Mission CEO and Reverend Stu Cameron.īut today, Mr Minns said his party was not being influenced by donations and supported an expanded trial of cashless cards, which are currently only being tested on 50 opt-in gamblers at one Newcastle club. 'I presume it's why it's so hard to get an answer from Mr Minns,' Anglican Dean of Sydney Sandy Grant said.
In May, an ABC analysis showed clubs donated almost half a million dollars to NSW Labor, and $180,000 to the Liberals, over the past 10 years.
Social and religious groups have attacked Labor for being compromised and blame donations from clubs to political parties as part of the problem.
