What: Media conference after Nine’s AGM
Who: Tim Costello, Chief Advocate, Alliance for Gambling Reform
Mark Kempster, Reformed Gambler (Mark lost more than $100,000 to online gambling and sports betting)
When: Around 11.30am at conclusion of Nine’s AGM
Where: Outside the office 1 Denison Street, North Sydney.
Nine Entertainment’s board directors will today be urged to end the network’s gambling addiction and its executives will be condemned for actively lobbying the Federal Government to scrap gambling harm reduction measures.
For further comment
Tim Costello: 0411 633 446
Mark Kempster: 0400 311 113
About us:
The Alliance is a national advocacy organisation which works to prevent and minimise the harm from gambling. Our aim is to remove the shame that surrounds gambling addiction, have the problem treated as a public health issue, and achieve the legislative changes needed to protect our communities. We bring together well over 60 organisations who share the objectives of preventing harm from gambling.
Contact details:
[email protected] – 07 3180 0630