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April 20th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Negotiations on poker machine reform are continuing after Community Services Minister Jenny Macklin wrote to independent MP Andrew Wilkie.
Mr Wilkie had set a Friday deadline for the minister to respond to his requests to discuss the government’s legislation.
He wants laws to specify that poker machines must be “flick of a switch” ready for a future government to activate mandatory precommitment technology.
Ms Macklin claims the government’s legal advice says the draft laws already achieve that aim.
The two have been negotiating since late March after the government opted to delay debate on draft laws.
In January, Prime Minister Julia Gillard reneged on a deal with Mr Wilkie to roll out mandatory precommitment technology to all poker machines by 2014 in favour of a trial in the ACT.
Mr Wilkie told AAP on Friday he was now considering the contents of Ms Macklin’s letter and deciding his next move.
Previously, he warned the government he would be a “ticking time bomb” over the next 18 months if they didn’t amend the laws to his satisfaction.
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