Targeted clubs named in axed money laundering probe
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Targeted clubs named in axed money laundering probe

Connections between club employees and suspected criminals were among the findings of an investigation into money laundering.

  • byHarriet Alexander

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‘The words were wrong’:Dons saga pastor backtracks,Costello pushes for bill of rights

‘The words were wrong’:Dons saga pastor backtracks,Costello pushes for bill of rights

Andrew Thorburn’s messy departure from Essendon football club prompted a conservative church to apologise for likening abortion to concentration camps.

  • byLachlan Abbott andCaroline Schelle
How one family is buying up thousands of hotel poker machines

How one family is buying up thousands of hotel poker machines

Members of the billionaire Mathieson family now have combined interests in 45 per cent of Victoria’s hotel poker machines after embarking on a pub-buying spree.

  • byStephen Brook
Victorians have gambled – and lost – $66 billion on pokies in 30 years
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Victorians have gambled – and lost – $66 billion on pokies in 30 years

Ian Correia says he has contributed at least $1 million to the $66 billion Victorians have blown on the pokies in the 30 years since they arrived in the state.

  • byChloe Booker
‘More dangerous,deadly’ mutations of COVID-19 could emerge in developing nations

‘More dangerous,deadly’ mutations of COVID-19 could emerge in developing nations

This is the prediction made by new research that calls for increased global efforts to vaccinate poorer nations.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Tabcorp calls for fresh crackdown on TV gambling advertising

Tabcorp calls for fresh crackdown on TV gambling advertising

The gaming industry spent $271.3 million on advertising last year,up from $89.7 million in 2011,and the CEO of Tabcorp says more restrictions are needed.

  • byRob Harris
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Morrison may strike a chord on identity politics but he’s wading onto contested ground

Morrison may strike a chord on identity politics but he’s wading onto contested ground

Australians do not judge their politicians lightly if they say one thing and do another,so Scott Morrison stepped onto dangerous ground on Thursday night when he chose to make a speech about morality and community.

  • byDavid Crowe
Online gambling boom sparks call to ban sports betting ads

Online gambling boom sparks call to ban sports betting ads

Betting giants have done well out of Australian punters during COVID-19,gaining billions in value as they benefitted from low taxes in the Northern Territory.

  • byRob Harris
Australian punters propping up global bookmaker profits

Australian punters propping up global bookmaker profits

Calls for further gambling crackdown as foreign-owned online bookmakers flourish during the coronavirus pandemic.

  • byRob Harris
The Melbourne charity king with Lady Gaga,Rihanna and Hugh Jackman on speed dial

The Melbourne charity king with Lady Gaga,Rihanna and Hugh Jackman on speed dial

At 14,Melburnian schoolboy Hugh Evans set himself a mission to end global poverty. Some 20 years later,his Global Citizen charity is attracting millions of people – including celebrities and politicians – to the cause.

  • byAmanda Hooton
Premier should heed the health advice on gambling just as she did for COVID
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Premier should heed the health advice on gambling just as she did for COVID

Exactly who is making decisions on public health in NSW – is it the government or the gambling industry?

  • byTim Costello