how gambling took over Australia
- Written by Louise Francis, Lecturer, Health Promotion, Curtin University
Joakim Honkasalo/UnsplashI started my research into gambling and its adverse effects in 2014. At the time, Australia’s annual gambling losses were A$21 billion. Today, they are $31.5 billion.
A decade ago, per-capita annual gambling expenditure was around $1,200 per adult. The latest data has the annual per-capita expenditure jumping to...





