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Australia's gambling policy: Motivations, implications, and options

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posted on 2023-06-23, 11:07 authored by William BostockWilliam Bostock
The paper will discuss current gambling policy in Australia. The attraction of the use of gambling as a method of "painless taxation" is recognised, but its potentiality for damaging individuals and society will be considered. Five policy options are identified. Much evidence will be drawn from the three-volume report Australia's Gambling Industries, and there will be an evaluation of the Australian Interactive Gambling Act, 2001. The assessment of the least damaging form of gambling policy, when all aspects of gambling are taken into account, is the ultimate aim of this paper.

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Publication title

Journal of Gambling Issues

Volume

13

Issue

13

Article number

March

Number

March

Pagination

EJ

ISSN

1494-5185

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Publication status

  • Published online

Rights statement

Copyright Copyright 2005 The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Repository Status

  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

230299 Government and politics not elsewhere classified

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