Don't Gamble Away Our Public Services Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/dont-gamble-away-our-public-services.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 7 Apr 2026 03:15 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Anonymous [Signature #514] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21940350?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Dec 2017 07:37:06 UTC 21940350 jeff jfee [Signature #513] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21933909?utm_medium=rss I agrre Skip 100%

]]> Sun, 10 Dec 2017 03:42:22 UTC 21933909 Gabe Iriks [Signature #512] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21910969?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:17:42 UTC 21910969 Wayne Nissen [Signature #511] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21515518?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Jul 2017 11:05:33 UTC 21515518 Anonymous [Signature #510] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21086574?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Feb 2017 12:40:36 UTC 21086574 Fletcher O'Leary [Signature #509] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20990184?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:25:16 UTC 20990184 Anonymous [Signature #508] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20935253?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2016 07:07:49 UTC 20935253 Karen James [Signature #507] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20927731?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Dec 2016 05:11:50 UTC 20927731 Edward Holden [Signature #506] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20927556?utm_medium=rss I worked for several years in a bottleshop attached to a pub. It was adjacent the pokies room of the hotel, whilst there I saw a non stop stream of addiction and misery through that pokies room. There is no good reason to privatise a successful gambling therapy service. What you should do is get rid of the pokies.

your sincerely,

Edward Shorne Holden

]]> Tue, 6 Dec 2016 02:45:04 UTC 20927556 Anonymous [Signature #505] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20925253?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Dec 2016 01:19:47 UTC 20925253 kerrin martin [Signature #504] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20925237?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Dec 2016 12:57:24 UTC 20925237 Anita Tran [Signature #503] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20925219?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Dec 2016 12:34:44 UTC 20925219 Tom Mcatee [Signature #502] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20925175?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Dec 2016 11:36:05 UTC 20925175 Anonymous [Signature #501] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20925170?utm_medium=rss We have referred clients to this very important service when a problem with gambling has threatened their employment. Keeping people on track and employed with some support is good for them and our economy.

]]> Sun, 4 Dec 2016 11:29:20 UTC 20925170 Ana Obradovic [Signature #500] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20925123?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Dec 2016 10:32:07 UTC 20925123 Anonymous [Signature #499] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20925073?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Dec 2016 10:01:28 UTC 20925073 Beth Armstrong [Signature #498] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20925064?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Dec 2016 09:58:02 UTC 20925064 Anonymous [Signature #497] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20925061?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Dec 2016 09:57:24 UTC 20925061 Anonymous [Signature #496] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20925039?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Dec 2016 09:42:47 UTC 20925039 Anonymous [Signature #495] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20925036?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Dec 2016 09:38:46 UTC 20925036 Riley Calaby [Signature #494] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20925030?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Dec 2016 09:34:05 UTC 20925030 Alice Bitmead [Signature #493] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20925020?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Dec 2016 09:31:10 UTC 20925020 Maxwell Cooper [Signature #492] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20925015?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Dec 2016 09:26:55 UTC 20925015 Anonymous [Signature #491] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20925012?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Dec 2016 09:24:43 UTC 20925012 Megan Brown [Signature #490] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20924711?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Dec 2016 06:30:05 UTC 20924711 Anonymous [Signature #489] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20924591?utm_medium=rss As an occupational Therapist I have worked with many many clients who have stopped gambling due to the quality of this service which will be compromised if handed over to a non government service. Also the research that comes out of the service informs my practice in mentalhealth to support people with gambling issues. It is a outrageous that this will no longer continue when handed over to a non government service

]]> Sun, 4 Dec 2016 05:20:13 UTC 20924591 Brad McLeod [Signature #488] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20920229?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Dec 2016 06:03:18 UTC 20920229 Anonymous [Signature #487] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20920175?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Dec 2016 05:28:18 UTC 20920175 Anonymous [Signature #486] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20920163?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Dec 2016 05:21:58 UTC 20920163 Shanthi Saha [Signature #485] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20920085?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Dec 2016 04:14:49 UTC 20920085 Anonymous [Signature #484] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20918223?utm_medium=rss This program has assisted a lot of people and it needs to keep going. It is for the benefit of individuals who want to seek help. So I am in support of these services continuing.

]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 11:20:41 UTC 20918223 Kendall Crabtree [Signature #483] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20917491?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Nov 2016 05:41:28 UTC 20917491 Anonymous [Signature #482] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20917476?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Nov 2016 05:32:00 UTC 20917476 Corey Berg [Signature #481] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20917405?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Nov 2016 04:59:18 UTC 20917405 Leigh Hayne [Signature #480] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20916018?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Nov 2016 03:50:38 UTC 20916018 Anonymous [Signature #479] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20915589?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:24:26 UTC 20915589 Kate Cameron [Signature #478] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20915353?utm_medium=rss Gambling has disastrous short and long term consequences for the person affected and their loved ones. The Statewide Gambling Service has a history of proven efficacy. Outsourcing and privatising will disrupt the service and lead to inefficiencies that will affect patient care. In the interests of best patient care please re-consider the move to privatise and to shut down the public service.

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:22:19 UTC 20915353 Sarah Marshall [Signature #477] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20915331?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:15:14 UTC 20915331 Anonymous [Signature #476] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20915330?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:14:50 UTC 20915330 Jennifer Philips [Signature #475] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20915329?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:14:45 UTC 20915329 Eloise Hoile [Signature #474] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20915298?utm_medium=rss During my five years working in mental health I have linked in 20+ consumers to the statewide gambling therapy service. When nothing else was able to help the consumers I was working with, the statewide gambling therapy service somehow managed to make a difference. They enabled my consumers to take control of their lives, benefiting not only the consumer but their family and community. With the increase in accessibility to gambling caused by online gambling and sports betting, gambling addictions are only going to become more prevelant and place more strain on our local communities - having the statewide gambling service as a part of public health makes accessing support simple and effective and if this changes disaster is inevitable.

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:01:10 UTC 20915298 Anonymous [Signature #473] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20915246?utm_medium=rss This is an essential service, it must continue as it has been. Especially with the game apps that children play with an element of gambling, they are being conditioned to gamble.

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2016 08:12:48 UTC 20915246 Madhu Rao [Signature #472] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20915206?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Nov 2016 07:46:16 UTC 20915206 Anonymous [Signature #471] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20915042?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Nov 2016 05:56:05 UTC 20915042 Ted Szarek [Signature #470] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20914997?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Nov 2016 05:25:24 UTC 20914997 Anonymous [Signature #469] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20914986?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Nov 2016 05:21:37 UTC 20914986 Vanessa Long Morphett Vale [Signature #468] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20914908?utm_medium=rss Government are happy to collect revenue from gambling, so should continue to support this vital service. I thought that the revenue raised from gambling went into gambling services.

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2016 04:28:37 UTC 20914908 Linda McInerney [Signature #467] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20914900?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Nov 2016 04:24:59 UTC 20914900 Rene Pols [Signature #466] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20913864?utm_medium=rss It is outrageous. The colaboration between SGTS and the FUSA Gambling research Unit is unique in the world. It has produced the best research on treatment in gambling in the world in the last 5 years- consisently so with 2 PhDs produced and 3 in progress.

Exporting education to China, Singapore Macao and elsewhere.

Treatments by Videoconferencing, in Prisons, for Vietnamese and Aboriginal people will all be compromised. Without the SGTS they become non-vialble.

So much for the creation of Smart Jobs by the Premier in SA with its unemployment rate! Sell out to jobs for the boys and political payback. A 20 year effort is set back by sort sighted stupid decision making that takes nothing sensible into account. Any objective comparison between the proposals would come down on the side of the bid by SGTS

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2016 03:00:56 UTC 20913864 Anonymous [Signature #465] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20913732?utm_medium=rss Please stop destroying the public health system is South Australia. I pay my taxes to support public services and infrastructure, not to give away money to private organisations which in my experience in the health care industry are unaccountable and "cherry-pick" the easy cases, leaving difficult or complex cases to the public sector (if any services still exist in that area).

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:38:13 UTC 20913732 karen Braithwaite [Signature #464] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20913595?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Nov 2016 10:50:13 UTC 20913595 Anonymous [Signature #463] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20913478?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Nov 2016 09:22:15 UTC 20913478 Shijun Huang [Signature #462] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20913109?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Nov 2016 06:11:41 UTC 20913109 Melissa Whitehead [Signature #461] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20913077?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Nov 2016 05:51:06 UTC 20913077 Edina Osenk [Signature #460] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20913062?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Nov 2016 05:38:36 UTC 20913062 A Straughan [Signature #459] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20913029?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Nov 2016 05:16:14 UTC 20913029 Anonymous [Signature #458] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20912898?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Nov 2016 03:36:00 UTC 20912898 Debby Agaciak [Signature #457] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911928?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Nov 2016 05:16:22 UTC 20911928 Anonymous [Signature #456] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911802?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Nov 2016 04:16:47 UTC 20911802 Anonymous [Signature #455] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911651?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Nov 2016 02:43:30 UTC 20911651 Geraldine Macfarlane [Signature #454] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911594?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Nov 2016 02:06:43 UTC 20911594 Anonymous [Signature #453] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911527?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Nov 2016 01:15:51 UTC 20911527 Arun Gupta [Signature #452] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911496?utm_medium=rss I strongly support the need for funding for the state wide gambling services. It is a pity that such an excellent service that has served the community for such a long time has not been provided funding.

]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2016 12:50:36 UTC 20911496 Anonymous [Signature #451] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911493?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Nov 2016 12:48:32 UTC 20911493 Anonymous [Signature #450] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911485?utm_medium=rss No

]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2016 12:42:14 UTC 20911485 Anonymous [Signature #449] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911395?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Nov 2016 11:31:25 UTC 20911395 Anonymous [Signature #448] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911394?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Nov 2016 11:29:51 UTC 20911394 sarah skinner [Signature #447] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911308?utm_medium=rss This is an absolute necessity especially when the government makes such income from the gambling services, often from the most vulnerable people. If an income must be made from the gambling services, why couldn't it be used to fund the assistacne? It makes no sense to me!!

]]> Sun, 27 Nov 2016 10:29:02 UTC 20911308 John Byrne [Signature #446] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911293?utm_medium=rss The private wealth generated by the gambling industry should be checked by an independent public treatment service. This is an area that needs the actual and perceived independence, transparency and integrity of the public sector.

]]> Sun, 27 Nov 2016 10:21:04 UTC 20911293 Yasna Petrunic [Signature #445] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911292?utm_medium=rss Continue to support the Statewide Gambling Service through public funding. This service is evidenced based. The data they have supports the ongoing need for the service

]]> Sun, 27 Nov 2016 10:20:46 UTC 20911292 Anonymous [Signature #444] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911285?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Nov 2016 10:15:04 UTC 20911285 Anonymous [Signature #443] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911278?utm_medium=rss Keep the Statewide Gambling Therapy Service as part of SA Health. Don't move it to a private provider!

]]> Sun, 27 Nov 2016 10:12:16 UTC 20911278 Anonymous [Signature #442] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911261?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Nov 2016 10:01:57 UTC 20911261 Anonymous [Signature #441] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911254?utm_medium=rss I say NO to the privatisation of our services. Please keep the Gambling services funded. It is an important service not to be overlooked.

]]> Sun, 27 Nov 2016 09:57:51 UTC 20911254 Colleen Barker [Signature #440] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911252?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Nov 2016 09:56:55 UTC 20911252 Tracey Matika [Signature #439] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911196?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Nov 2016 09:19:45 UTC 20911196 James McLachlan [Signature #438] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911186?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Nov 2016 09:14:36 UTC 20911186 Kathy Rohan [Signature #437] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911183?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Nov 2016 09:13:46 UTC 20911183 James Lally [Signature #436] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911163?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Nov 2016 09:01:43 UTC 20911163 Anonymous [Signature #435] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20911158?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Nov 2016 08:56:13 UTC 20911158 Anonymous [Signature #434] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20906388?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Nov 2016 11:06:34 UTC 20906388 Anonymous [Signature #433] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20906361?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Nov 2016 10:39:19 UTC 20906361 Anonymous [Signature #432] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20906350?utm_medium=rss The government has a coflict of interest by collecting taxes from gambling !!! To hand the gambling theropy to a private provider will create another coflict of interest as the gambling industry is controlled by private industry! !!!

]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2016 10:33:47 UTC 20906350 Anonymous [Signature #431] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20904037?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Nov 2016 05:34:13 UTC 20904037 Emanuela Caroscio [Signature #430] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20904024?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Nov 2016 05:19:19 UTC 20904024 Anonymous [Signature #429] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20901385?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Nov 2016 11:46:15 UTC 20901385 Anonymous [Signature #428] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20901365?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Nov 2016 11:26:28 UTC 20901365 Sue Leckie [Signature #427] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20901356?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Nov 2016 11:22:28 UTC 20901356 Lynne Bridle [Signature #426] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20901349?utm_medium=rss With gambling becoming more of an issue in society, it is vital funding for this service is not reduced any further.

]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2016 11:18:32 UTC 20901349 Leanne Pine [Signature #425] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20901324?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Nov 2016 11:04:41 UTC 20901324 Peter Cox [Signature #424] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20901231?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Nov 2016 10:24:59 UTC 20901231 Anonymous [Signature #423] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20901213?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Nov 2016 10:16:41 UTC 20901213 M Hodshon [Signature #422] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20901208?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Nov 2016 10:14:29 UTC 20901208 Julie Woodman [Signature #421] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20901197?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Nov 2016 10:09:13 UTC 20901197 Jodi Whillas [Signature #420] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20901080?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Nov 2016 09:18:49 UTC 20901080 Anisa Ross [Signature #419] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20897304?utm_medium=rss The Statewide Gambling Therapy Service is vital and should remain as a public service. This service is highly respected, experienced and established. Many users of this service have very limited financial resources when seeking assistance. A free public service provides a crucial link in aiding recovery.

]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:21:46 UTC 20897304 margaret jeffries [Signature #418] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20896163?utm_medium=rss Cutting the funding will cost the government, families and the public more money than keeping the funding in place.

]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:18:11 UTC 20896163 Lisa Tscharke [Signature #417] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20896162?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:15:00 UTC 20896162 Louise Davoren [Signature #416] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20896152?utm_medium=rss This centre is at the forefront of gambling therapy. Why would you replace this renowned service with private enterprise which is 1) using the programmes designed by the Statewide Gambling Therapy Service, and 2) in all possibility require greater funding in the longterm that the current system?

]]> Sun, 20 Nov 2016 11:48:52 UTC 20896152 Anonymous [Signature #415] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20896059?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Nov 2016 09:05:40 UTC 20896059