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.  Featured:  Steve Cannane, ABC investigative journalist

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  • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    What’s it again, No Gods, No Masters ? Best thing I’ve heard for a while, pass it on…

    We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. - Ursula K Le Guin