Clubs protect revenue stream: Pyne

"It is perfectly reasonable for the clubs to run a campaign protecting their revenue stream and that is what they are doing," Mr Pyne told Sky News.

"It is also perfectly reasonable for Andrew Wilkie, who was elected on a platform for reforming pokies, to continue that battle."

Mr Pyne said the Tasmanian independent had made some very good points about the need to rein spending on pokies.