#Guardian Australia

When it comes to culture wars there are few more fiercely defended bastions than the culture of gambling in Australia, where resistance to change can be brutal. The money involved is massive and so is the political peril faced by any government willing to take the industry on. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, risks the appearance of…

The Coalition of Major Professional and Participation Sports (Compps) has told a federal parliamentary inquiry that current advertising and broadcast restrictions are sufficient alongside action by individual sporting codes. Jo Setright, Compps' executive director of policy, said the existing arrangements strike the right balance between "the…

Davide Gaido, Head Of Technology at Good On You, is a video game developer. He doesn't allow his five-year-old son to play video games on his mobile phone. "I let him play'real' video games, on the Nintendo, on the Playstation or on the PC, for example - but not on the phone," said Mr Gaido in an interview with SBS Italian, adding that he carefully…

Online casinos that appear to be targeting Australian gamblers, without an Australian licence, have not been shut down despite the communications regulator making a crackdown on illegal operators an enforcement priority. Ten apparently unlicensed online casinos marketed to Australians remain accessible two months after the Australian Communications…