Gambling harm dwells in the dark, often in the night hours, usually unspoken, yet it casts long shadows across our communities. But the spotlight is finally on gambling and the industry that pulls the strings.
A new Grattan Institute report, A better bet, shows how Australia has let the gambling industry run wild. The report lays out a roadmap for federal and state governments to prevent gambling harm.
The spotlight in recent weeks has been on a proposed ban on gambling advertising, as the federal government considers its response to the 2023 Murphy Inquiry. This federal parliamentary inquiry into online gambling harm remarkably reached multi-party consensus on all 31 recommendations.
