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Withdrawal denied: Dandenong backs pokies trial

Greater Dandenong councillors will continue backing the State Government’s pokies-card trial after an intense debate on 25 August. A 4-2 majority voted against Cr Rhonda Garad’s motion to withdraw support from the trial of mandatory carded-play on poker machines in Greater Dandenong. Since announced in…

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