Current Affairs<\/a>, Health<\/a>, History<\/a>, Interview<\/a>, Joy<\/a>, Joy 94.9<\/a>, JOY 94.9<\/a>, Joy Media<\/a>, Joy Media<\/a>, Media<\/a>, News & Politics<\/a>, Podcast<\/a>, Saturday Magazine<\/a>, Society & Culture<\/a><\/p>\n Dr Charles Livingstone \u2013 Assoc Prof, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash<\/p>\n Charles is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. His principal research interests are in gambling as a public health issue, social theory of gambling, ethics of gambling research and reform of gambling regulation.<\/p>\n He joins Paul and Kenny to discuss the extent of the gambling problem in Australia and what can be done about it.<\/p>\n Listeners who are concerned about their own problems with gambling \u2013 or on behalf of a friend of family member are encouraged to reach out to the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 or visit\u00a0gamblinghelponline.org.au<\/a>\u00a0for support.\u00a0<\/p>\n Charles\u2019s latest article \u2018is a 6 point plan to ease gambling problems in Australia.<\/p>\n \u201cWagering (betting on sport, racing and even elections), is now mainly online, and reaps another $8.4 billion in Australia. This is the fastest growing gambling sector, with growth, adjusted for inflation, of more than 45%<\/a>\u00a0between 2018-19 and 2022-23.Pokies grew by a more modest 7.6% during the same period. Only casinos went backwards.<\/p>\n Overall, gambling costs Australians\u00a0more than $32 billion<\/a>\u00a0annually.<\/p>\n This has been fuelled by relentless promotion and marketing and the expansion of the\u00a0gambling ecosystem<\/a>: the network of commercial actors who reap a major dividend from gambling losses.<\/p>\n It includes the bookies, pub and club chains as well as sporting leagues, financial services providers, software and game developers,\u00a0charitable<\/a>\u00a0organisations<\/a>, broadcasters, and state and territory governments\u201d.<\/p>\n https:\/\/theconversation.com\/this-6-point-plan-can-ease-australias-gambling-problems-if-our-government-has-the-guts-256442<\/a><\/p>\n Podcast: Play in new window<\/a> | Download<\/a> (Duration: 13:11 \u2014 15.1MB)<\/p>\n Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts<\/a> | Spotify<\/a> | Amazon Music<\/a> | Android<\/a> | iHeartRadio<\/a> | TuneIn<\/a> | Deezer<\/a> | RSS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"25 Oct 2025 Sat,25th Oct, 2025: Dr Charles Livingstone, Assoc Prof, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[66083,66084,66085,66086,103,61,60,66087,66088,410,411,66089,66090,66091,66092,66093],"class_list":{"0":"post-108168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-2025-dr-charles-livingstone","9":"tag-25th-oct","10":"tag-assoc-prof","11":"tag-dr-charles-livingstone","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-joy-949","16":"tag-joy-media","17":"tag-mental-health","18":"tag-mentalhealth","19":"tag-monash","20":"tag-monash-gambling-and-its-harmful-affects-on-australia","21":"tag-sat","22":"tag-saturday-magazine","23":"tag-school-of-public-health-preventive-medicine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Sat,25th](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/w8d3ywskstea3fyrq6tcbphtp34p-1.jpeg\")
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