Belly and Lexi,

To be perfectly clear, this is not about Wilkie's stupid policy, it is about the duplicity of Juliar and the labor government, that will promise anything to get into power and happily backflip on solemn promises when convenient.

I believe the only reason we have a carbon tax is to get the greens on board.

Wilkie showing he is just as desperate to cling to power as the dishonest mob he made a deal with. Politics has never been to such a low in this nation even under Gough.

Dear Shadow Minister,

You're making summations about the PM regarding
Wilkie - when nothing concrete has yet been
decided. So on your part - its the same old
tactics of speculation. You have no way
of knowing what either the PM or Wilkie are
discussing because neither is saying anything
as yet to the media.

SM's story is spin Lexi, lets be clear on that . What did the opposition do with its policies at the same time except support club and pokie operators ?.

I saw a lady (former pokie addict ask on television) asking the question, "when people start playing these things at 9.am, how can you say, that this in entertainment ?." She also went on to say that the stimulus provided by the venues themselves creates an "in the zone effect" where rational thinking disappears. She added that pokie addiction does not transpose into other forms of gambling.

Wilkie is on the right track, and Gillard appears complicit now. The Abbott opposition are just an irrelevant deceptive bald faced policy free agitant , leaving a lose, lose, lose, situation for Australians no matter what happens regarding this subject.

If Gillard has the glands, she will advocate the position put forward by Tony Windsor with the $1 bet limit proposal, and start acting like a PM. Couldn't happen soon enough for mine.

Lexi, this back down will happen, either that, or much watering down of the deal.

The writing as on the wall when the slipper was put in to the speaker, you are just so one sided you can't see the Forrest for the trees.

I am happy to see her dump this law as it hurts so many innocent casual gamblers just to fix a very small group, who, before pokies would have found other ways to waste their money.

If you really want to effect gambling, stop the welfare cash,as this amounts to a fair bit of the problem, especially for the pensioners.

The issue at stake is that she did the deal with this guy, which was the difference between more waste and mismanagement, or, a return to the polls.

In short, if she pulls out, she has once again lied!

She was so desperate to hold office, however, once the speaker debacle happened , handing her a small majority, she has done a backflip on Bob Brown and most likely Andrew Willkie.

At the end of the day, she should call an election and let the people decide.

Lexi,

"You have no way of knowing what either the PM or Wilkie are discussing because neither is saying anything as yet to the media." This is not true, there is more than enough coming out to get a fair idea of what is happening.

T2

As for the policy of mandatory pre commitment, the only country to try it was Norway, which found it made little or no difference to the gambling given the vast array of alternatives, such as on line gambling.

So the policy is a dud, and the only reason she gave Wilkie a written promise to implement it was to gain power, and as soon as she no longer needed him she broke her promise.

Julia Gillard is a liar.