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Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

All sides of politics backed ambitious gambling reforms. The government’s response is half-hearted at best

Former MP Peta Murphy, a Labor hero to many, died in December 2023 from cancer that recurred shortly after the 2019 federal election.

Despite this major illness, she actively and enthusiastically chaired a multi-party House Committee examining online wagering in Australia. The committee’s unanimous report was released in June 2023.

The Albanese government then sat on it for nearly three years before finally issuing its response yesterday.

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