Cancelling Crown’s licence would have sent a very clear message that no entity is too big to fail. The achievement of effective regulation, including effective protection for vulnerable people, remains some way off.
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If implemented, the recommendations of Australia’s online gambling inquiry will advance regulation by several orders of magnitude.
Existing research evidence suggests the hegemony of neoliberal measures within Australian welfare policy has resulted in higher, not lower, levels of social and economic injustice.
No one can say Australian sport is worse off without tobacco ads. We can protect a new generation of young sports fans from harm by following other nations’ leads and phasing out gambling ads.
TikTok’s hosting of sports betting ads underlines the pervasiveness of the problem. It’s increasingly clear gambling advertising needs to be heavily restricted, if not stopped altogether.
The NSW Crime Commission says cashless gambling cards are needed to stop billions of dollars of “dirty money” being funnelled through NSW pokies venues.
There’s little more than a year left for Crown Resorts to get its house in order and become worthy of keeping its casino licence.
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has kept poverty and inequality on the policy agenda.
Fixing the culture of individual casino operators is one thing. Fixing the political culture that allowed them to run amok is another.
There are good reasons for the federal government to abolish the Cashless Debit Card, but what about the BasicsCard?
Gambling during homelessness is sometimes motivated out of desperation, and in the hope of financial gain.
The Australian Greens, rather than the Labor Party, have emerged as the champions of the contemporary Australian welfare state.
The high level of poverty in affluent Australia is a national disgrace, and its prevention should be a priority for all political parties. But it’s not.
Global private equity company Blackstone is in the box seat to pick up a battered Crown – but it’s hardly getting a bargain.
Whether the Victorian royal commission leads to a more responsible gambling industry depends on the recommendations the state government has kicked down the road.
Crown Resorts’ contribution to Victoria is at the core of its attempts to keep its casino licence. But the costs of the state keeping the casino may well be greater.
Helen Coonan's evidence to the Victorian royal commission into Crown Melbourne shows how entrenched the gaming company’s cultural problems are.
Gaming can be fun and challenging, but also has a dark side that can trigger impulsive responses that are a symptom manifestation of addiction.
We need to find ways to hold platforms responsible for the potential and actual abuses that take place in the online advertising world.
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