Angela Rintoul
angerintoul.bsky.social
Angela Rintoul
@angerintoul.bsky.social
Principal Research Fellow - Gambling and Suicide, University of Melbourne. Suicide Prevention Australia Postdoctoral Fellow. 2018 Churchill Fellow. She/her
Commercial entities are driving gambling harms, including suicide. Our new paper outlines how this operates & what can be done to protect the public and save lives: ‘Playing to extinction’: the commercial determinants of gambling suicide url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/VAASCANZ0o...
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September 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
“‘Let’s be real about it: if the access isn’t perceived to be valuable, why is it sold as a benefit of membership?” Williams said.” Indeed

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Gambling lobby’s sponsorship of Australian parliament’s sports club condemned by crossbench MPs
Exclusive: Kate Chaney calls on PM to remove Responsible Wagering Australia’s membership, which allows sponsors to access ‘key opinion leaders’
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September 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Is Sydney our money-laundering capital? AUSTRAC exposes the NSW entertainment-gambling industrial complex www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/31/p...
Is Sydney our money-laundering capital? AUSTRAC exposes the NSW entertainment-gambling industrial complex
The money laundering regulator has targeted one of the biggest club chains in NSW for systemic breaches of money laundering laws involving poker machines.
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July 31, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Research Stream 6 at #NSPC25 today, listening to A/Prof Carla Meurk from QCMHR presenting a data-linkage study, sharing insights into the trajectory of distress among construction workers.
May 22, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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A great presentation at #NSPC25 from A/Prof @angerintoul.bsky.social from The University of Melbourne on gambling-related suicide, highlighting the powerful commercial determinants that fuel the link between gambling and suicide, and the importance of disrupting harmful practices.
May 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Now the election is over let’s get on with urgent gambling reforms theconversation.com/this-6-point...
This 6-point plan can ease Australia’s gambling problems – if our government has the guts
The Albanese government now has the political capital to tackle Australia’s massive gambling problem – if it wants to.
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May 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Today @burnetinstitute.bsky.social launched a report on COVID's impact on mortality in Australia. Oz experienced a low toll in the first 2 years, but 30,000+ have died since - now plateauing at 7,000+ deaths/year. What does this mean & what can be done? Read on...

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COVID-19 pandemic mortality data: report
As of 2024, 20 more Australians are dying each day as a result of COVID-19. To understand this ongoing problem better, experts at Burnet have developed a comprehensive analysis of deaths caused by the...
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March 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Krieger “Our job in public health is to prevent scapegoating & to document & make vividly clear… the causal connections between economic & social inequity, illiberalism, & the people’s health…may the record be clear… many of us in public health fought back” ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10....
Buyer’s Remorse, Betrayal, and Blame: Who Will Be Held Responsible for the Adverse Health Impacts of the US Elections? | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 3
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
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February 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Reposted by Angela Rintoul
The coroners' system in England and Wales is outdated and has failed to properly investigate gambling-related suicides for many families. Reforms are desperately needed. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Unwilling’ coroners failed us, say families of gambling addicts who took their own lives
Bereaved relatives claim betting industry is not being held to account, report reveals
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January 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
“Nothing will change until our anger gets powerful enough. But once you accept the truth of loss, and the truth of who perpetrated and profited from that loss, the anger comes rushing in, as fierce as the Santa Ana winds.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
Opinion | As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles
After the Bobcat fire, the area no longer felt safe.
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January 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Great piece by Rob Csernyik on the urgent need to improve systems to identify gambling-related suicides, to help prevent these deaths ricochet.media/justice/dyin... @gclongform.bsky.social
Dying to win: Canadian provinces are expanding legal gambling despite one death every nine days
Investigation into gambling-related suicide data shows tracking of deaths lags while governments ignore risks to chase industry profits
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December 17, 2024 at 11:30 PM