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‘We know the community is over it’: how self-regulation of gambling ads came unstuck minutes into an AFL game

Clubs and bookmakers have set their own restrictions as campaigners await a decision on a proposed ban

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East Timor confident of settling years-long gas dispute

East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão says Australia is more "open-minded" under Anthony Albanese about the future of the Greater Sunrise gas project.

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Labor rejects complacency claims after Dunkley win

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has denied suggestions the federal government is taking anything for granted after retaining the seat of Dunkley at a by-election.

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Minister briefed on how total gambling ad ban would work in Australia by European experts

Exclusive: Belgian gaming commission - considered the gold standard in harm reduction policies – providing Michelle Rowland with policy details

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Housing a crucial battleground in Dunkley byelection as ‘Great Wall of Frankston’ divides community

Proposals for multi-storey apartments become a focal point for issues of housing and growth in the Victorian electorate

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Victoria’s gambling regulator calls for ad ban after being ‘bombarded’ by worried parents

Exclusive: Annette Kimmitt says she has heard many stories of people finding out their children are secretly gambling

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Ban on gambling ads a certain winner, say MPs

Two independent MPs and an anti-betting lobbyist are calling on the government to ban gambling advertisements.

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‘Playing us for years’: how pokies profits have funded tax-deductible spending within Australian clubs

Schemes in Victoria and NSW give clubs tax cuts if they put gaming proceeds into communities – but they overwhelmingly spend it on themselves

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Tax breaks for pokies venues in firing line of Victorian inquiry

Exclusive: The state’s tax minimisation scheme has been the subject of widespread criticism from health and anti-gambling groups

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NSW urged to end ‘shameless rort’ giving clubs a tax break for spending pokies revenue

Scheme allows clubs to reduce tax bill if gambling profits are used for ‘community development and support’

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NSW raises concerns about volume of gambling ads but declines to endorse total ban

Advocate Tim Costello fears state resistance could be excuse for federal Labor to ‘kick the ad ban recommendation into the long grass’

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University of Sydney gambling research centre bankrolled by casinos is ‘troubling’, experts say

Institution says companies won’t ‘constrain or edit’ research, but public health expert Sean Cowlishaw calls funding relationship ‘unprecedented’

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Sportsbet spends extra $19m in marketing blitz ahead of expected gambling ad ban

Anti-gambling advocates call company ‘utterly irresponsible’ as industry lobbies to prevent total ban on betting ads in Australia

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Gambling reform advocate says ads are ‘grooming’ kids as Australian broadcasters lobby against total ban

Tim Costello says free-to-air TV does not face an existential crisis and urges bipartisan push on ad ban

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Betting rates rise as gambling industry cashes in on its advertising blitz

A growing number of Australians are turning to gambling, with new figures showing the number of punters across the country is rising.

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Calls for ‘comprehensive ban’ on sports gambling ads in Australia as inquiry’s report looms

Tim Costello hopeful of bipartisanship on issue to ‘break the grip’ of saturation advertising

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NRL chair Peter V’landys widely criticised for saying sports gambling is ‘entertainment’

Public health experts warn that major sporting codes have allowed themselves to become vehicles for the promotion and normalisation of gambling

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Push to outlaw betting ads as big players take billions from punters

The federal government is under pressure to outlaw gambling advertising amid fears Australians are falling prey to soaring marketing budgets.

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NT gambling regulator admits not telling bookmakers of 48 addicts who asked to be banned

Exclusive: oversight by commission that licenses majority of Australia’s online betting companies branded as ‘disgraceful’ by advocates

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Labor says NSW on track to build more trains if elected

Labor is vowing to create jobs in NSW regional centres with $42 million to train apprentices in the Hunter, Illawarra and Sydney's west if it wins the election.

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Perrottet punts on Victoria adopting cashless gaming

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is calling on Victoria to embrace his proposal to make all poker machines cashless to curb harm and reduce money laundering.

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New ClubsNSW pokies measures not enough to stop cashless gaming, Dominic Perrottet says

Tim Costello says clubs lobby’s gambling code, which includes three-hour welfare checks, is ‘too little too late’

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Vatican farewell for Cardinal George Pell

The most senior Australian member of the Catholic clergy will be farewelled in a mass at the same Vatican church where former pope Benedict's funeral was held.

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Gambling advertisements ‘groom our kids with impunity’

Concerns have been raised at how companies are targeting children with gambling ads, with one activist going so far as to brand it "grooming".

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Gambling ads 'groom kids with impunity'

A gambling inquiry has heard ads targeting children could have "horrific and lifelong" implications with more than 430,000 kids under 16 likely betting already.

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