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Gambling Reform Lived Experience Advocate with the Alliance for Gambling Reform

I am a lived experience gambling reform advocate having gone through an addiction for over 10 years. I now work with the Alliance for Gambling Reform as a lived experience advocate who can help shine a light on how gambling addictions occur, the damage they do to the person, their families and society. I also work to lobby Federal and State Governments to introduce stronger gambling harm-minimisation reform measures.

Gambling: Optimised for Frictionless Financial Mayhem?
Nov. 2, 2025

Gambling: Optimised for Frictionless Financial Mayhem?

The internet promised to modernise an age-old activity, bringing new convenience to a quick thrill. But has it instead delivered a predatory, 24/7 addiction machine - one that exploits our psychology with algorithms and has c...