Now for some the trip has been a good way to end their time here, but for others it's only increased their desire to stay. Two days after rejecting calls for a tougher approach to gambling, the Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett has done an about face. The Premier is now moving to impose tighter controls on gambling advertisements and the placement of automatic teller machines at gaming venues. Steve Pratt's brother Stuart says his family is disappointed at the Yugolsavian decision to reduce and not overturn sentences imposed against the Care workers. The Pratt family must now hope that an appeal for clemency from Sloban Milosovic will be successful.
Hotels fight increasing political pressure for a cap on the number of pokie machines.
They're also fighting to keep their customers. With all the negative publicity that the banks have been copping lately, the National Australia Bank must have been absolutely delighted today to release its news. The NAB is now well on track to break its own profit records. Up until now competition within the telecommunications industry has been restricted to long distance and mobile phone services. In light of the landmark ruling, the ACCC expects the cost of local calls to fall to just 20 cents within two years.