Newly elected Senator and ‘No Pokies’ advocate Nick Xenophon has announced that his first move in the Senate will be to introduce a bill to ban ATMs from pubs and clubs with poker machines.

As a former member of the South Australian Parliament, Xenophon first came to politics as an elected representative in 1997.

Now he’s set to have a big influence in the new Federal Senate, sharing the balance of power with several other MP’s.

He wants to remove easy access to cash around poker machines as evidence shows a strong link with gambling addiction.

There are currently over 200,000 gaming machines in Australia and state governments have been under attack for failing to act to reduce problem gambling.

Senator Xenophon is speaking here with 2ser’s Paige Nguyen.