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Originally Posted by JoeyDel
There is some confusion here about the legislation that is actually being voted on. I will explain this when I am at a computer. I am currently typing on my phone and about to catch a flight home.
As pies said it will be assented (signed by the GG and sent into law shortly after the vote is carried). We should work on the assumption that sites will pull out immediately oncr the vote is finalised.
I had some very positive meetings yesterday. One with Minister Tudge's office (over the phone) and another with Senator Xenophon.
Our campaign to date has been successful in slowing the process down. The Bill will be brought to the house this week but there will be time for MPs to debate the Bill.
Now is the critical time. Contact your MP and Senators. Use our tweets (facebook.com/AustralianOnlinePokerAlliance) our contact form (now at australianonlinepokeralliance.com.au) or pick up the phone and make your voice heard.
Re finances. I have received about $1100 in donations and have spent approx $1500 not including my time. I am going down to Canberra week after next for meetings with Senators and MPs which will obviously have additional costs. We also should be ramping up our advertising spend over the next month.
The most powerful thing you can do though is be engaged and make some noise. If you want to talk to your MP and don't know what to say contact me and let me know who your MP is and we will work on a strategy together.
Thanks
JoeyDel
Do this. Also if you can spare it send some funds to Joey he's basically done thousands of dollars of professional lobbying for our cause for about negative 400 dollars so far (i've only contributed $70us so far personally, but plan to give more). It's FAR more efficient for us as poker players to try and beat this now than try and spend years lobbying to make online poker legal once this bill has passed if it doesn't get amended.
I'll make some phone calls to my state's Senators on Monday or Tuesday when I get time