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Gambling and Australia’s Federal Election

2013-09-10T09:30:17+00:00

Betting on the result of Australian Federal elections is a legal activity with a number of licensed bookmakers having offered a variety of betting opportunities. But now that the bets have been paid out, what should the gambling industry be preparing for? The Coalition’s published gambling policy has four specific aims: Proceeding with voluntary, rather [...]

Gambling and Australia’s Federal Election2013-09-10T09:30:17+00:00

Understanding Compliance Matters

2013-04-22T19:15:03+00:00

Can organisations with poor corporate governance succeed? On occasion, they might but more often, a poorly managed organisation will struggle to prosper. In the past few years the Melbourne Football Club has lurched from one disaster to another and it seems that the more we hear, the more we realise the Club appears to have [...]

Understanding Compliance Matters2013-04-22T19:15:03+00:00

Making betting better for bettors

2013-03-18T13:58:45+00:00

The Australian Government on 12 March released its long awaited formal report into the Review of the Interactive Gambling Act 2012. The report recommends that there be development of a nationally consistent set of harm minimisation and consumer protection guidelines before proceeding with any expansion of legalised online gambling opportunities.   The idea is sound, [...]

Making betting better for bettors2013-03-18T13:58:45+00:00

Beating cheating

2013-03-05T15:19:52+00:00

The Victorian Government announced 5 March 2013 its intention to introduce match fixing legislation with a maximum penalty of 10 years gaol. This will complement Victoria’s progressive sports betting legislative scheme and provide law enforcement officials with the powers necessary to protect sport played in Victoria. The proposed legislation will apparently aim to outlaw offences [...]

Beating cheating2013-03-05T15:19:52+00:00

Fixing sport…the right way

2013-02-08T16:11:47+00:00

The ACC’s “Organised Crime and Drugs in Sport” report makes for fascinating reading. Necessarily lacking in detail, it nevertheless provides sufficient information to remind readers that professional sport is susceptible to corruption in a number of ways. The ACC report uses a quote from the Australian Sports Commission’s own publication, The Essence of Australian Sport [...]

Fixing sport…the right way2013-02-08T16:11:47+00:00

Let’s Play “Regulation Bingo”

2012-09-02T21:50:07+00:00

It has been reported that if elected as President of the United States of America, Mitt Romney proposes to introduce a requirement that Federal regulatory bodies can only introduce a new regulation if they eliminate one at the same time. Is this a good idea? Let’s think this through for a moment. No matter who’s [...]

Let’s Play “Regulation Bingo”2012-09-02T21:50:07+00:00

20 Years On – Where Would the AFL be without Poker Machines?

2012-07-23T02:38:23+00:00

On 16 July 1992, then Premier of Victoria, Joan Kirner, placed 20c into a poker machine in the Whitten Oval premises of the Footscray Football Club. She lost. That was the first day of operations for poker machines in Victoria and ever since there has been a variety of losers and winners. But how did [...]

20 Years On – Where Would the AFL be without Poker Machines?2012-07-23T02:38:23+00:00

The Red Tape Production Reduction

2012-03-07T06:25:18+00:00

The following sentence will likely be the least interesting sentence you will read today. The Victorian Treasurer on 5 March 2012 released the Government’s response to the “Inquiry into Victoria’s Regulatory Framework” conducted by the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission (VCEC). But as boring as it sounds, it is important for business in Victoria. The [...]

The Red Tape Production Reduction2012-03-07T06:25:18+00:00

When the Occupy Wall Street Movement came to Las Vegas

2011-10-19T00:13:04+00:00

The Occupy Wall Street movement came to Las Vegas. Watching the march down Las Vegas Boulevard one couldn’t help but feel that the marchers did not really have their game face on. Certainly there were some cheap placards – generally hand written on torn cardboard expressing concern at the banks, the rich and politicians generally [...]

When the Occupy Wall Street Movement came to Las Vegas2011-10-19T00:13:04+00:00

Why Sport has more Integrity than Politics

2011-08-16T00:18:34+00:00

Oh, the irony. On 11 August 2011, the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform held a public hearing in Melbourne. As a result Senator Xenophon is reported to have been outraged at the practice of betting operators paying commissions. But why do I argue that this is ironic? Sport has a particular position in our [...]

Why Sport has more Integrity than Politics2011-08-16T00:18:34+00:00