Columnist Ross Gittins makes the mistake of assuming that organised religion leads to altruism and belief in the common good,writes Mark d’Arbon.
This was the fourth time the prime minister had blocked controversial policies to avoid rocking the boat as he prepared for the campaign.
Anti-gambling crusader Reverend Tim Costello believes it’s highly inappropriate for an AFL field umpire to be on the payroll of a major betting company as a horse racing analyst.
Poker machine reforms were the unifying factor for three new MPs.
Most of the rorting and mismanagement of the scheme can be attributed to 10 years of Coalition governments,a reader writes.
The Herald has campaigned for poker machine reform for the past two years,and we have no intention of backing off.
Apparently,the social licence of the betting companies that deluge us with 1 million ads a year isn’t problematic for the government.
TV and gambling executives spent the week in Canberra trying to water down a proposed two-per-hour limit on TV ads and a digital blackout.
Critics say the government’s proposed changes to gambling advertising would betray the legacy of one of its MPs,the late Peta Murphy.
A report into the first club to conduct a cashless gaming trial was completed in September but the government will not release it.