Stu Cameron

Jesus and justice. Gambling, housing and mental health reform. I’m the CEO/Superintendent Minister for @wesleymission.

[Stu Cameron @CameronStu]

I love food. A bit too much.
I love people. Perhaps not enough.
I love sharing food and conversation around tables.
So I wrote about it.
https://t.co/ZPMExoFcot

[Stu Cameron @CameronStu]

NSW is on track to see more than $10 Billion lost to poker machines in 2026, losses climbing at more than twice the rate of inflation. And losses are concentrated in postcodes and communities that can least afford it. It’s time to Put Pokies in Their Place.

[Stu Cameron @CameronStu]

$130 million was lost to pokies in the Hunter in the first three months of 2026, a 9.5% increase year on year.

[Joel MacKay @JoelMMacKay]

"There seem to be only three certainties in NSW right now: death, taxes and spiralling poker machine losses." @CameronStu @wesleymission

https://t.co/4W9Bnj2Rq4

[Stu Cameron @CameronStu]

'Industry figures say the highest-earning gambling pubs in NSW rake in between $15 million and $20 million in gambling profits a year - which equates to about $190 million to $250 million being fed into each pub's poker machines a year.' @FinancialReview
Inequitable. Outrageous

[Stu Cameron @CameronStu]

There's only three things certain in NSW - death, taxes and spiralling pokies losses. $2.37B lost in just 3 months, a 9.4% increase year on year - more than twice inflation rate. NSW punters lose$26.4m every day, $1.1m every hour. It's Groundhog Day on steroids. Real reform NOW!

[Sandy Grant @SandmanGrant]

This is excellent leadership from @MayorDarcy Byrne and is just the kind of thing Labor needs to do to stick up for the battler. Please listen, Mr Premier @ChrisMinnsMP and put #airbagsonpokies

https://t.co/uB4BwC4voE

[Stu Cameron @CameronStu]

‘Pub industry figures say the highest-earning…pubs in NSW rake in between $15m and $20m in gambling profits a year – which equates to about $190m to $250m being fed into each pub’s poker machines a year.’ AFR

That’s $500k - $670k profit per machine annually. It’s obscene.

[Stevie Pate @stevie_pate]

Bob Carr demands super-profits tax on pub pokie billions https://t.co/HHS24rJ07F

[Danielle (Dani) Treweek @danitreweek]

“No one bought or sold any babies.”

In the next breath:

“Both women were financially compensated for contributing to the birth of our daughter – the surrogate enough to buy a nice car but not change a life, the donor a much smaller amount.”

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Aussies - be alert. The push for legalising commercial surrogacy (under the more ambiguous title “compensated surrogacy”) is well and truly on. It’s already being formally considered and strongly advocated for at both a state and federal level. It’s time to educate yourself and speak against the commodification of children.

https://t.co/wOLhdN8rEP

PS: From the article : “We also had to navigate complex legal systems, citizenship and immigration laws … when all we wanted was to be cuddling our gorgeous newborn.”

What they ACTYALLY mean by this is that their commercial procurement of a child overseas and bringing that child into Australia (something that is normally called “human trafficking”) was absolutely illegal according to the laws of our land but that they did it anyway knowing that there was almost zero chance they would be prosecuted.

[Stu Cameron @CameronStu]

‘All political concepts are theological concepts secularized.’
(Carl Schmidt)

[GamblingHarm.org @GamblingHarmOrg]

One Gambling Addiction Can Harm Five Others, Researcher Warns

https://t.co/KtBK80BTrr

[Stu Cameron @CameronStu]

https://t.co/KFcseZaR4N

[Hugh Riminton @hughriminton]

Australians are generally “less satisfied” with life than we were a decade ago. Men particularly so, according to the Bureau of Statistics social survey.

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

Australians lose $87 million to gambling every day, an amount of money so staggering it is being featured in magazines like The Australian Women’s Weekly.

[Eddie Redcliffe @fictillius]

Remember that out of respect for Anzac Day you can’t go buy groceries today but you can go down to the club to launder some cash in the pokies.

[Stu Cameron @CameronStu]

Great reporting by @HatAlexander and Bevan Shields in the @smh. It beggars belief we still don’t have a commitment from the NSW government to introduce cashless gambling, a key recommendation of the NSW Crime Commissioner to stamp out money laundering.

https://t.co/2nHcFKsIXm

[Stu Cameron @CameronStu]

Grateful for the proactive and consultative approach of @SamRaeMP and @Mark_Butler_MP as they shape aged care that truly empowers older Australians to age with dignity at home.

[Wesley Mission @wesleymission]

We welcome Ministers @Mark_Butler_MP and Sam Rae's decision to fully fund showering and personal care in home aged care. Older Australians deserve dignity, safety and support to remain at home — this change helps deliver that. https://t.co/QkbxsotREJ

[Wesley Mission @wesleymission]

@Georges_River Council is pushing for gambling reform, and we're fully behind them. We're inviting more councils to join the #PutPokiesInTheirPlace campaign to pressure NSW Government to act.
https://t.co/3uaUiUwyCJ

[Stu Cameron @CameronStu]

‘The NRL, like the AFL, has deep connections with gambling. They include a lucrative deal with Sportsbet worth an estimated $15 million a year, agreements with bookmakers that reap more than $50 million a year…’

https://t.co/vAhm8a79EQ

[Stu Cameron @CameronStu]

“I think a mature Christian is someone who is very difficult to offend.”

Dallas Willard