On any given day you are being bombarded by gambling ads on television, radio and online.
A parliamentary committee is pushing for a full ban on advertising to protect younger generations from the dangers of gambling, but there are indications the government will stop short of that.
Today, investigative journalist and occasional Radio National Breakfast host Steve Cannane on the arguments being made by the powerful gambling industry in its lobbying against a full ban.
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Steve Cannane, ABC investigative journalist
Is the answer money? I bet it’s money
You are, as it were, on the money.
Yeah, I don’t reckon I need to listen to a 4 hour podcast for the answer.
It’s 15 minutes.
There’s also a transcript at the bottom.
which will take 2 painless minutes, I miss journalism…
tl;dr
Imagine valuing your own opinions so little you invite random people with zero accountability to manipulate you.
If that is your desire read my snippy dissection of the transcript.
Stop and think about what you could be buying instead