Generational clash at RSL Victoria over whether to quit pokies business
by Lisa Martin from World news | The Guardian on (#4JKB0)
Club leadership grilled at state conference about merits of using gambling revenue to fund veterans' welfare services
While the supermarket giants and AFL clubs are pulling out of the poker machine business, Victoria's Returned Services League branch is not following suit yet - despite a push from some veterans and declining gambling revenue.
At the 104th RSL Victoria state conference in Melbourne, there was a heated generational showdown between the the league's top brass - predominately ex-Vietnam servicemen - and younger veterans who served in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor.
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