Tim Costello describes Australians as ‘the world’s biggest losers’ because we suffer considerably more gambling losses per person than every other nation in the world – and more than half of those losses are on poker machines.
Our gambling reform advocacy work has also been a major focus, with poker machine reform now a major election issue in NSW for the first time since their introduction in 1956.
Civil society organisations launch 2023 State Election Platform, calling for leaders to ‘Put pokies in their place.' The campaign calls upon the NSW Parliament to implement meaningful reforms to prevent and reduce gambling harm.