Peter Newell OAM

Recent Speaker

Chair Clubs Australia

March 23, 2011

"The Government's Undoing - The Andrew Wilkie Pokie Plan"

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A deal, struck in the immediate aftermath of the federal election, requires the Federal Government to override State and Territory control on poker machines in order to retain the support of Tasmanian Independent MPC Andrew Wilke.

The deal would mean that Australia's 5 million annual poker machine palyers will need a license to gamble.

Mr Wilke has said that if his deal is not implemented, he will bring down the Gillard Government.

President of ClubsAustralia Peter Newell OAM will outline why the reforms cannot be implemented as the Prime Minister has promised and why they should not be implemented. He will also flag the upcoming launch of a hard-hitting campaign by clubs and pubs against the ill-conceived deal.

PETER NEWELL BIOGRAPHY

A retired daily newspaper editor and CEO, Peter Newell has been associated with registered clubs for almost his entire life.

Currently serving as Chairman of the Illawarra Steelers in Wollongong, where he has been a Director for 19 years, as well as serving as Deputy Chairman of the St George Illawarra Dragons, Peter was elected to the Board of ClubsNSW in 2004 and 2007 and subsequently elected as Chairman for both terms.

As a result of his appointment to Chairman of the Board, Peter also serves as Chairman of ClubKENO Holdings, Chairman of the Government’s Club Industry Advisory Council, and as a board member of the New South Wales Institute of Sport. In 2008, Peter was also elected as Chairman of ClubsAustralia, the club industry’s national representative body. And, in 2003, Peter received an Order of Australia Medal for his service to the community, in particular for his part in the merger between the Illawarra Steelers and St George, in the Australia Day Honours.