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How the gambling lobby makes a strong case for political reform

Editor: Melissa SweetAuthor: Charles Livingstoneon: October 07, 2020In: #GamblingHarms, gambling, public health

Introduction by Croakey: To make the case for reforming political donation and disclosure laws and establishing a federal Independent Commission Against Corruption, we need only look to the... Read more

Health warnings over WA’s plans to introduce “pokies by stealth”

Editor: Melissa SweetAuthor: Hannah Pierce and Melinda Edmundson: August 04, 2019In: gambling, Public health and population health

Plans to allow simulated racing machines to be placed in Western Australia’s TAB outlets are sounding public health alarm bells, as will be outlined during a public forum on electronic gambl... Read more

Seven reasons to expose NSW’s gambling problem

Editor: Melissa SweetAuthor: Tom Cummingson: June 01, 2017In: gambling, public health, Public health and population health, Social determinants of health

Tom Cummings is a gambling reform advocate who is running a crowdfunder that Croakey readers may wish to support – Expose NSW’s gambling problem. Whether you live in NSW or not, Cummings mak... Read more

A wrap of reaction to the High Court decision on plain packaging

Editor: Melissa Sweeton: August 15, 2012In: gambling, legal issues, plain packaging, public health, tobacco control

Update, 16 Aug: more reaction has been added at the bottom of the post Today’s High Court finding on plain packaging of cigarettes has provoked an outpouring of public health air punch... Read more