Why has the government fallen so far short of the Murphy Report's recommendations despite around 80 per cent of Australians wanting gambling ads banned? How did an under-resourced Northern Territory regulator end up overseeing a $34 billion-a-year industry? Why do inducements — not just the eye-watering ones, but the humble \"here's $100, have a punt\" kind — count as predatory when someone's trying to quit?
Gambling researcher Charles Livingston joins Democracy Sausage to unpack the politics behind the federal government's gambling reform package.
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