UPDATE: ClubsNSW CEO Josh Landis has been sacked after he made comments linking NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet's religion to his government's cashless poker machine policy. 9News
Landis apologised this morning after he told
"After careful consideration, the board has made the decision to end Landis' employment with ClubsNSW with immediate effect," ClubsNSW said in a statement. NSW Labor leader Chris Minns said there was no place for "that kind of sectarian and discriminatory language in NSW politics"."The comments were made during a phone call with a journalist late yesterday afternoon, who asked why I believe the premier is so insistent on introducing a mandatory cashless system and other gaming reforms," he said.
"This was not a premeditated comment or an intentional attack on the premier personally, rather it was a poor attempt to explain that there is a lack of evidence for the policy and the premier is a moral person who intrinsically wants to help those who are causing themselves harm."The worst case scenarios with misplaced radioactive materials"I would like to take this opportunity to unreservedly apologise publicly for any offence caused," he said.
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