REVEALED: The secret life of a pokie addict A former pokie addict who stole money from her boss to fund her habit has a serious warning for people chasing the buzz .
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Subscriber only FORMER pokie addict Sarah went from a weekly flutter with girlfriends while her kids were at school to stealing money from her workplace and lying to family to feed her gambling addiction. Once I started I could not stop, she says. I was a phony and a manipulator and would do or say anything including taking money from my employer. I always had an answer for why it was missing to the point where I became incredibly cunning. I got away with it for years.
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Flashback: Gold Coast Light Rail: Flashback to the 2003 Gold Coast Light Rail feasability study A Gold Coast network operating hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2032, in time for the Olympics, seems a desirable, affordable and attainable goal. S.T.A.R. was created this year by a group of southern Gold Coasters, including former world champion surfer Andrew McKinnon. The group insists it is not anti-light rail, but is opposed to Stage 4 going down the coast from Burleigh Heads to the border via the airport. When the S.T. A.R. idea was put to Transport Minister Mark Bailey on Monday, he said there were no plans to switch from light rail to trackless trams.
Flashback: Gold Coast Light Rail: Flashback to the 2003 Gold Coast Light Rail feasability study A Gold Coast network operating hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2032, in time for the Olympics, seems a desirable, affordable and attainable goal. S.T.A.R. was created this year by a group of southern Gold Coasters, including former world champion surfer Andrew McKinnon. The group insists it is not anti-light rail, but is opposed to Stage 4 going down the coast from Burleigh Heads to the border via the airport. When the S.T. A.R. idea was put to Transport Minister Mark Bailey on Monday, he said there were no plans to switch from light rail to trackless trams.
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