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No action is the worst response of all to gambling harm – Govt’s decision not to act fails to protect our children being targeted by predatory gambling industry

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Reports the Government won’t respond to the June 2023 Murphy Report on gambling reform prior to the election is the worst outcome of all for children who are being groomed by gambling companies and fails anxious and angry parents. The Alliance for Gambling Reform’s Chief Advocate, Tim Costello said it was unacceptable for the Prime … Continued

Wesley Mission confident a mandatory cashless gambling card will work

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Media release                                                                                                          4 December 2024   Wesley Mission confident a mandatory cashless gambling card will work   Wesley Mission welcomes the release of the Roadmap for Gaming Reform today but is disappointed by some of the watered-down recommendations it contains.   While the Roadmap calls for the eventual introduction of a mandatory cashless … Continued

Community appetite for two key poker machine reforms at highest levels

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Media release 26 November 2024 Community appetite for two key poker machine reforms at highest levels Powering down the pokies and a mandatory cashless card have the overwhelming support of the NSW public, according to the latest Community Attitudes to Gambling Reform Survey conducted by Wesley Mission and Compass Polling. Results showed significant public backing … Continued

Tasmanian poker machine backflip ‘a capitulation’ – Gambling industry capture of State Government complete

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The decision by the Tasmanian Liberal Rockcliffe Government to backflip on becoming the first State to introduce a poker machine cashless card is an inexcusable capitulation to the power of the gambling lobby. The Alliance’s Chief Advocate, Tim Costello, said he was shocked and devastated by the announcement by the Tasmanian Government to ‘defer progress’ … Continued

Nine Entertainment AGM, Nine must end its gambling ad addiction – Network’s lobbying to kill off gambling ad reform ‘shameful’

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Nine Entertainment’s board directors will today be urged to end the network’s gambling addiction and its executives have been condemned as ‘shameful’ for actively lobbying the Federal Government to scrap gambling harm reduction measures. The chief advocate of the Alliance for Gambling Reform, Tim Costello, on the eve of the  company’s AGM today condemned Nine’s … Continued

Nine Entertainment AGM – Nine must end its gambling ad addiction

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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 … Continued