All sides of politics backed ambitious gambling reforms. The government’s response is half-hearted at best
By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University••The Conversation Africa
Australia’s gambling epidemic will likely continue because the government has only half-heartedly agreed to do more to protect Australians.
Former MP Peta Murphy, a Labor hero to many, died in December 2023 from cancer that recurred shortly after the 2019 federal election. Despite this major illness, she actively and enthusiastically c…