As the Australian government dithers on banning gambling ads, a new global gambling report highlights the immense pain and suffering wrought by the industry.
As the Voice to Parliament referendum draws closer, it’s worth noting the main regulations relating to matters such as advertising, authorisation, and financial disclosure.
Parliament missed an opportunity to ban misinformation and disinformation during the referendum campaign.
If implemented, the recommendations of Australia’s online gambling inquiry will advance regulation by several orders of magnitude.
Victoria’s newly-elected parliament will have a mandate to address growing concerns of integrity and transparency. Here’s what it could do immediately.
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 government used to set interest rates, but no longer does. If the UAP really did try to deliver on an election promise to cap interest rates at 3% for five years, what would the consequences be?
As technology advances, the use of spyware in crime investigation is almost unavoidable, but it raises questions about the threat to privacy, freedom of speech, and civil society.
The Morrison government is ramping up its war and security rhetoric, be it COVID or stoking China fears, in an effort to arrest its flagging popularity ahead of the next federal election.
We need to find ways to hold platforms responsible for the potential and actual abuses that take place in the online advertising world.
Most of the attention on the code has been on the larger media outlets. But the sustainability of small publishers is what should be of most concern.
A new government privacy review provides an opportunity to improve data protection rules to an internationally competitive standard.
Paul Strangio reflects on the ‘immense political legacy’ of his friend and former Victorian premier, John Cain.
Until the two giants change, Twitter's political ad ban will have little effect on elections around the globe.
The ACCC Digital Platforms Report recommends several ways to revive journalism in the social media age, including A$50m in direct grants to local news services.
Political science explains three reasons why the Coalition won the 2019 federal election.
Action is needed to reduce the alarming rise in the incidence of stroke in low to middle-income countries.
Stirring controversy can lead to a reinforcement of deep-seated values, and hinder progress.
The privacy scandal engulfing Facebook and Cambridge Analytica raises the question of how to regulate online networks where all users can produce content.
If online advertising and news reports are to be believed, stem cell tourism is a thriving industry
Ageing men are seen as an especially lucrative niche sector. Sean MacEnteeWomen have long been subject to intrusive biomedical interventions. And the control that modern medicine exerts over women’s bodies has been the focus of much feminist...
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