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Parliamentary Friends of
Reducing Gambling Harm
Group
The Parliamentary Friends of Gambling Harm Minimisation group is a non-partisan group, co-chaired by Kate Chaney MP, Simon Kennedy MP and Dr Mike Freelander MP.
By bringing together parliamentarians from across the political spectrum, the group provides an important forum for engagement with decision-makers and plays a vital role in building momentum for meaningful and lasting policy change.
The group also creates valuable opportunities for the Alliance for Gambling Reform to connect directly with members of the Federal Parliament and share the experiences of people with lived experience of gambling harm. By ensuring these voices are heard and understood, the Parliamentary Friends of Gambling Harm Minimisation group helps keep the human impact of gambling harm front and centre in parliamentary discussions and strengthens the case for urgent, evidence-based reform to protect individuals, families and communities.
Members of Parliamentary Friends of Gambling Harm Reduction list go here.
Letter from Gavin Fineff for the Parliamentary Friends Group meeting.
...I think it’s important to raise, that it is the customers with Gambling Disorder that generates the majority of revenue for operators and Government. The industry has taken advantage of the profit taking opportunity and appreciated the ‘poor eyesight’ of regulators. The evidence I have of both failures is described to me as shocking and jaw dropping …… to me,
it is just sad. I should have been stopped, and it would have been so easy. Why wasn’t I stopped? Why was I given millions of dollars of free bets? Why were the red flags and monitoring alerts ignored? What needs to happen so the next me is stopped, because I
promise you, he, or she, in their minds is fixing a problem, not making one far worse?...Read More
Harry's speech.
...I got my first bookmaker when I turned 18. The first ever deposit I did was 100% matched in bonus bets. It started out spending 20 dollars here 20 dollars there with a few wins and losses.
Within a month or so I was spending more then I could afford. I knew I was getting hooked early on but I didn’t know just how bad I was going to get. The more I spent the more I was looked after buy these online bookmakers. Before long I was spending everything I was getting paid. Most weeks id get paid at 6pm Friday and it would be gone by Friday night...Read More