By Alex Russell, Principal Research Fellow, CQUniversity Australia
Matthew Browne, Senior Lecturer in Statistics, CQUniversity Australia
Matthew Rockloff, Head, Experimental Gambling Research Lab, CQUniversity Australia
Gambling prevalence studies provide a snapshot of gambling behaviour, problems and harm in our communities. They are typically conducted about every five years.
In some Australian states and territories, four or five have been conducted over the past 20 or so years. These have provided a snapshot into how gambling has changed – and how it has not.
So, how has gambling in Australia changed in the past two decades or so, and where may we be heading?
The intensification of gambling
In 1997-98, the Productivity Commission found
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By Simon Knight, Associate Professor, Transdisciplinary School, University of Technology Sydney
Kristine Deroover, Research Associate, Transdisciplinary School, University of Technology Sydney
Disagreement and uncertainty are common features of everyday life. They’re also common and expected features of scientific research.
Despite this, disagreement among experts has the potential to undermine people’s engagement with information. It can also lead to confusion and a rejection of scientific messaging in general, with a…
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By Alfie Chadwick, PhD Candidate, Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub, Monash University
Libby Lester, Professor (Research) and Director, Monash Climate Change Communication Hub, Monash University
Two experts describe how climate misinformation has infiltrated the election campaign – and how Australians can protect themselves as they head to the polls.
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By Colin Hawes, Associate professor of law, University of Technology Sydney
The biggest threat posed by the Chinese-owned Port of Darwin is not security-related but is the risk of the struggling owners becoming insolvent.
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By Alison Pearce, Associate Professor, Health Economics, University of Sydney
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly relevant in many aspects of society, including health care. For example, it’s already used for robotic surgery and to provide virtual mental health support.
In recent years, scientists have developed AI algorithms that can analyse mammograms for signs of breast cancer. These algorithms…
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By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
As I begin this review sitting in a Canberra cafe, there are two blokes on the next table complaining about the present federal election campaign’s lack of substance. The complaints of one of them about the Coalition’s fuel excise cut were the first to catch my ear, but it was soon clear enough that they didn’t think much of either party’s policy performance.
It was a very Canberra moment. I suppose that if I were eavesdropping in Melbourne, I would hear about football and in Sydney, property prices. But the opinions of these Canberra folk would not be unusual outside the capital’s…
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By Craig Barker, Head, Public Engagement, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney
The 1972 concert film Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, back in cinemas this week, would change the way many thought of Pompeii.
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By Mina Fakhravar, PhD Candidate, Feminist and Gender Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
The Iranian state seemingly perceives dissenting women not merely as disobedient citizens but as bodies that have escaped control and refused their assigned status of possession.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Students protest against a revision to the armed forces law outside the House of Representatives building in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 20, 2025. © 2025 Aditya Irawan/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Jakarta) – Recent threats and attacks on journalists and news outlets in Indonesia are having a chilling effect on the country’s media, Human Rights Watch said today. The Indonesian government under President Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo should urgently act to protect media freedom, including by taking action against officials who make unsubstantiated public allegations…
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By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
The government’s plan to expand the definition of the term ‘veteran’ will add about 100,000 service people in an effort to provide better support and compensation.
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