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By Situation Theatre 20/3/2020
Remember to thank a billionaire casino owner today.
As the coronavirus pandemic clarifies for millions of people the most valuable jobs in our society, there has been an outpouring of gratitude towards health care workers and grocers, as well as exploitative casino owners putting the community at risk and the politicians who enable them.
It’s the central place of casino execs in the healthy functioning of society that explains why Crown Melbourne and Crown Perth have been granted exemptions to the ban on non-essential gatherings of 100 or more.
As the supermarket shelves are laid bare, an anxious public is just grateful that with the 1400 poker machines remaining in operation at the Melbourne casino, an essential gambling shortage is not something to worry about.
BREAKING: ‘Crown casino *not* subject to national cabinet ‘ban on non-essential gatherings of persons 100 and greater in indoor areas’ - when it comes to gaming areas. @LaTrioli @abcmelbourne reports.
— Scott Hamilton (@SDHamiltonVIC) March 18, 2020
Is that sufficient to help AUS #FlattenTheCurve? #COVID19au @rwillingham
