Darcy Byrne is the Labor mayor of Sydney’s Inner West council and he is helping to lead a grassroots movement to stop the harm caused by gambling in the community – including a push to reduce the number of poker machines in licensed clubs in New South Wales. The move comes as the federal Labor Party faces criticism over the scale of its commitment to online gambling reform.
The rising Labor star spoke to Guardian Australia’s political editor, Tom McIlroy, About why he compared the poker machine lobby to the US National Rifle Association, and his successful motion at this month’s NSW Labor conference on gambling policy at the next state election
