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Australia’s gambling reform problem is not political courage alone – it is fiscal dependence

By Mihaela GracaninJuly 27, 2026

The brief

Australia’s gambling reform debate is really a budget debate. The federal government has moved on ad hoc advertising restrictions, but the bigger obstacle is structural: states and territories depend heavily on gambling taxes, so reform threatens a revenue stream that helps fund public services. Why the politics are s…

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