Gambling with the future When
Crikey covered the April Tasmanian election, we noted a lacuna in the debate. No one wanted to talk about the state s policy on gaming. You could watch the Tasmanian Council of Social Service discussing poverty in Tasmania, but no one save Greens leader Cassy O Connor wanted to talk about the role of gambling. And as James Boyce points out in his book
Losing Streak, it s not even as though it brings in a huge amount of tax revenue for the state although it does contribute a decent amount to party coffers. Regardless, newly reelected Premier Peter Gutwein was able to withhold information such as the tax rates that would be applied to gaming until after the election.
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The Age is sponsoring the Melbourne Writers Festival and reviving the
Age Book of the Year award, which was last presented in 2012.
The agreement with MWF, which is back with a physical festival after last year’s was forced to migrate online, has the newspaper committed to a major partnership deal and it will present its prestigious award on opening night, September 3.
Artistic director of Melbourne Writers Festival Michaela McGuire says the festival’s partnership with The Age makes complete sense.
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The Age editor Gay Alcorn said she had been dismayed when she joined the paper last year that it was no longer a partner with the festival. “I am thrilled that that has been rectified. The festival is about books and writing, ideas and debate in this city – exactly what