http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/steven-ciobo-/ Steven Ciobo is the Liberal MP for Chevron. Before entering Parliament in 2002, Steven Ciobo built a career from the ground up. While studying at university he worked on the floor of a food processing factory to help support himself. He earned degrees in commerce and law and went on to build a professional career at international firms Coopers & Lybrand and, later, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr Ciobo is the Deputy Chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics and a member of the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform, which has been tasked with exploring how to roll-out Labor’s extreme mandatory pre-commitment policy. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/little-brothers-big-brother-law-dumps-the-local-surf-club/ Christmas is going to be awkward at the Swans’ this year. And it won’t be an inappropriate gift causing the tension and a possible barney. It’ll be Labor’s mandatory pre-commitment policy for poker machines. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Steven Ciobo ) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/little-brothers-big-brother-law-dumps-the-local-surf-club/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/little-brothers-big-brother-law-dumps-the-local-surf-club/#item6847 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:45:50 +0000 Steven Ciobo | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/The-real-one-armed-bandit-is-Andrew-Wilkie/ It’s not often a Government Minister admits to a fatal flaw in their policy, so I congratulate Jenny Macklin for her honesty. On Tuesday, while attacking clubs and the NRL because they are standing up to Labor’s mandatory pre-commitment policy, a policy that could destroy them, Ms Macklin revealed exactly why it will fail. She wrote: “…before you sit down at the machine you nominate how much you’re willing to lose, set a limit you can afford – and then stick to it”. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Steven Ciobo ) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/The-real-one-armed-bandit-is-Andrew-Wilkie/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/The-real-one-armed-bandit-is-Andrew-Wilkie/#item6229 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:35:06 +0000 Steven Ciobo | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Labors-pokies-reforms-are-the-biggest-gamble-of-all/ It’s stating the obvious, but problem gamblers have a problem. They suffer from a horrible addiction – the same as alcoholics and druggies – that causes impulses they cannot resist and consequences that affect all those around them. Like all addicts, problem gamblers go to extreme lengths to get their fix. For 60 per cent, that involves committing a crime to get the cash to feed their habit. A report by private corruption investigation group Warfield & Associates found poker machines were the most common way to gamble stolen money. The study found between 2008-10 a whopping $13 million was stolen to play the pokies. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Steven Ciobo ) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Labors-pokies-reforms-are-the-biggest-gamble-of-all/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Labors-pokies-reforms-are-the-biggest-gamble-of-all/#item5688 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:45:03 +0000 Steven Ciobo | Author bios | The Punch