Act Now

There are many ways to be Uniting for Change. Writing to your local MP is a great first step!

Write to your local MP

A letter to your local MP letting them know you support poker machine reform will make a big difference.

We have a postcode database to find the email of your local MP. We have also included other contact information if you prefer to write a letter or phone for an appointment.

Simply enter your postcode in the box below. Once you have found your local MP, click on their name for their email address.

Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper

If you would like to write a letter about poker machine reform to the editor of your local newspaper :

Start with Dear editor
Keep it short and simple - around 100 words
Include some of the facts from the Productivity Commission
If you are responding to something written in the paper previously, include a reference to the name of the article and the date it was published
Let us know if you get published

Spread the word

Share what you have read on Uniting for Change via email, Twitter, facebook, download or email the factsheet or any of the pages or links you have liked here.

Let us know how your conversations go on the forum or contact us

Take part in campaigns by community members

Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and Tasmania postcard campaign

The Synod of Victoria and Tasmania has a postcard campaign so you can express your concern about gambling directly to the Prime Minister or the Leader of the Opposition.

You can view the text of the postcards here. If you would like to order postcards to the Prime Minister or the Leader of the Opposition, you can call the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania on (03) 9251 5271 or email: jim@victas.uca.org.au

Problem Gambling: Pokies, People and Public Policy

A public seminar run by the Gambling Impact Society (NSW). To be held at Wollongong University Innovation campus on May 17th. Guest Speakers include Senator Nick Xenophon, academic researchers from the University of Wollongong and Southern Cross University along with a range of interesting speakers on innovative programs addressing problem gambling.

Stop the Loss Coalition public awareness campaign

"Stop the Loss is a coalition of concerned community groups and individuals who want to give voice to the hundreds of thousands of victims of poker machine addiction, through seeing real and lasting reform of the poker machine industry."

Stop the Loss launched TV, radio and press ads at Parliament House on 29 February 2012. You can check them out on the Stop the Loss website or wach the TV ad here.