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title: Stu Cameron Writing | Gambling Reform
description: Gambling Reform | Stu Cameron Writing Blog
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Writing

## Gambling Reform

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[![2023, a year for revolution.](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/hubfs/stu-cameron-speaking.png "2023, a year for revolution.") ](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/writing/2023-a-year-for-revolution)

###### [2023, a year for revolution.](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/writing/2023-a-year-for-revolution)

 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.

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[![Why NSW is ‘the belly of the beast’](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Picture-1-4.jpg "Why NSW is ‘the belly of the beast’") ](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/writing/why-nsw-is-the-belly-of-the-beast)

###### [Why NSW is ‘the belly of the beast’](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/writing/why-nsw-is-the-belly-of-the-beast)

 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.

[ Read full story ](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/writing/why-nsw-is-the-belly-of-the-beast)

[![Put Pokies in Their Place Launches in NSW Parliament](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/hubfs/stu-cameron-speaking.png "Put Pokies in Their Place Launches in NSW Parliament") ](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/writing/advocacy/put-pokies-in-their-place)

###### [Put Pokies in Their Place Launches in NSW Parliament](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/writing/advocacy/put-pokies-in-their-place)

 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.

[ Read full story ](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/writing/advocacy/put-pokies-in-their-place)

[![The 25 billion dollar challenge](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/hubfs/stu-cameron-speaking.png "The 25 billion dollar challenge") ](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/writing/the-25-billion-dollar-challenge)

###### [The 25 billion dollar challenge](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/writing/the-25-billion-dollar-challenge)

 Australia is addicted to gambling – losing more than $25 billion annually. Nearly half of this total is lost to poker machines.

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[![The 11-year-old who could change NSW](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/hubfs/stu-cameron-speaking.png "The 11-year-old who could change NSW") ](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/writing/the-11-year-old-who-could-change-nsw)

###### [The 11-year-old who could change NSW](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/writing/the-11-year-old-who-could-change-nsw)

 Let me introduce two wonderful people from our Wesley Mission family who inspire me – they have incredible stories to share.

[ Read full story ](https://stucameron.wesleymission.org.au/writing/the-11-year-old-who-could-change-nsw)

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