DENISON independent MHR Andrew Wilkie says he won’t judge former prime minister Kevin Rudd on poker machine reform until he spoke to him.
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Media reported last night that Mr Rudd’s supporters had met with Clubs Australia to say he would overturn Mr Wilkie’s poker machine reforms. Mr Rudd has denied the claims.
Mr Wilkie said he won’t any judgement about the claims until ‘’speaking to him personally in due course’’.
He also reinforced his recent disappointment with Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s decision to renege on their deal over poker machine reform.
“For the record, it was the former Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, who instigated the Productivity Commission Inquiry Report into problem gambling and it was the current Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, who reneged on her written agreement with me to introduce meaningful poker machine reform.”
