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Sport, Tom Waterhouse and the ‘gamblification’ of everyday life
4 April 2013
Over the Easter weekend in Australia the furore around gambling and sport intensified. Prominent racehorse trainer Gai Waterhouse defended her son Tom’s gambling business in the tabloids, and legislation was proposed to limit gambling’s intrusion into cov
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Why tax reform can help reduce problem gambling
19 March 2013
Gambling provides Australian state governments with an average of 7.3 per cent of their own taxes, about $5147 million, according to ABS data for 2010-11.
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'As a matter of fact, I’ve got it now’: alcohol advertising and sport
27 February 2013
Sport is generally a healthy activity that transmits important societal values, such as fairness, perseverance, and teamwork. Unfortunately, it’s also the primary vehicle for marketing alcohol to the general population.
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Doping, gambling and sport: integrity begins at home
12 February 2013
The Australian Crime Commission’s report on organised crime and drugs in sport has unleashed a storm amongst sports fans, particularly those who follow the clubs or codes so far implicated.
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ALP's big Greens gamble
16 July 2012
Attacking the steadily growing minority party in a rush for inner-city seats is playing a game of Russian roulette with Labor's members.
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Parents cautioned about risks of youth gambling
14 May 2012
Australian youth must be made aware of marketing strategies used to encourage them to gamble, according to a leading researcher.
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Income support and the abandonment of equity in Australia
8 May 2012
There was a time when the Australian Labor Party believed in a fairer society.
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An uncharitable truth
20 April 2012
Pokie licences are, to all intents and purposes, publically granted licences to print money. Those holding them need to be held to high standards of accountability. Regardless of the fate of the Wilkie reforms, this is something the Victorian government
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Gaming claims don’t add up
17 April 2012
The level of charitable and community contributions provided by poker machine operators is ‘miniscule’ in comparison to the amount of money lost by poker machine users within local communities, a new study has shown.
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A moral argument against the war on drugs
5 April 2012
A zero-tolerance approach to a crime like taking drugs must always fail, in the same way as a zero-tolerance approach to alcohol, prostitution or drugs in sport will always fail.
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More gambling ads during sport? You bet
4 April 2012
In an Australian first, a new study by Monash University has investigated the amount of sports betting advertisements during Australian sporting games.
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Gambling reformers to learn from public health campaigns past
17 February 2012
Those who advocate gambling reform should take a lesson from tobacco control and other public health campaigns, was the message from a recent gathering of leading gambling researchers.
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Gillard bets the house while Wilkie walks over pokie reform
24 January 2012
The withdrawal of support from independent Andrew Wilkie means that, like this time last year, the government holds a one seat majority in parliament.
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Gambling ads are raising the stakes
1 December 2011
New research shows that Victorians are increasingly concerned about the risks posed by gambling marketing strategies, including gambling advertising at sporting events.
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Self-help not effective for problem gamblers
22 November 2011
Australia's first guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of problem gamblers highlight the importance of professional help for the thousands of Australians who struggle to control their gambling.
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The Overland Conspiracy
2 November 2011
The tabling last week of the Office of Police Integrity report into Spring Street shenanigans again highlights a fundamental question: how do you safeguard the integrity and independence of the office of police chief commissioner?
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Defend or default? The 3 trillion euro question
27 September 2011
Will Greece default and exit the Eurozone? The best-case scenario is a managed, orderly, partial default with the European Financial Stability Facility, a fund created in 2010 to manage Eurozone bailouts, backed by the European Central Bank.
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