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Updated February 24, 2018 09:24:53
The Liberals and the pro-pokies lobby are standing by claims that thousands of jobs will be lost if poker machines are banned from pubs, despite the ABC's Fact Check unit declaring them to be wrong.
They were maintaining the claims as about 70 people rallied in Hobart on the lawns of Parliament House to call for the election to be treated as a referendum on poker machines.
Throughout the pokies debate, the Liberals have repeated industry claims that 5,100 jobs were at risk if Labor was elected, and the machines were restricted to the state's two casinos.
The ABC Fact Check team found the claims to be wrong, but Treasurer Peter Gutwein remains convinced pubs would be forced to close.
He stood by the claim that thousands of jobs would go under Labor's policy.
'I don't think anybody is arguing against the fact that jobs will be lost, and I believe it will be thousands,' Mr Gutwein said.
'There will be direct job losses in the industry, and there will be job losses right through the supply chain.'
Michael Best from the Love Your Local campaign said he arrived at the 5,100 figure because there were 3,000 people employed at the 96 pubs that contain pokies, and there is 2,100 Federal Group employees.
'We never said 5,100 jobs are going to be lost in entirety, we just said they were unsure and unclear about their future,' Mr Best said.
He criticised the Fact Check unit's investigation.
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'I'm not interested in fiction, I'm interested in the facts, if people want to know how our jobs are going to be impacted, they need to ask me,' he said.
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'We've been clear on the job number from the start of our campaign.'
Labor leader Rebecca White said the pro-pokies lobby had been scaremongering, and removing pokies from pubs would actually boost the economy.
'The Liberal Party have been caught out lying,' Ms White said.
'They've repeatedly said thousands of jobs would be lost and that is a lie, and they need to apologise.'
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About 70 people gathered on Parliament lawns to protest against poker machines, and the state's history of giving Federal Group a monopoly gaming license for free.
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Pat Caplice from Rein in the Pokies said the machines caused harm and should never have been allowed in the community.
'We're here today to try and tame the pokies,' Mr Caplice said.
'Make this election a referendum on fairness.'
He said the Liberals were 'giving away' licenses worth $250 million to pubs under the model the party had proposed where pubs and clubs would own and operate the machines.
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Mr Gutwein said it was an incorrect claim.
'Our policy will actually increase the value to the state,' he said.
Mr Gutwein said the Liberals policy amounted to '$320 million in value over 20 years'.
'Labor's policy will cost $260 million in lost revenue,' he said.
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First posted February 23, 2018 19:50:00