Pat Leslie
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Politics researcher at ANU (Australian politics, comparative institutions, quantitative methods).
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If it’s a data issue then possibilities are: over reporting of expenditure, or (more likely) under reporting the denominator.
November 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
If it’s a data issue then possibilities are: over reporting of expenditure, or (more likely) under reporting the denominator.
Yeh some very long footnotes required!
November 2, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Yeh some very long footnotes required!
Second reason: one of the ways you can make money with gambling is to allow money laundering. For that to work you keep the vig low and with high turnover still make money (high stakes casino games fit this). Perhaps with the increased scrutiny on whales people stopped using casinos as a laundrette
November 2, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Second reason: one of the ways you can make money with gambling is to allow money laundering. For that to work you keep the vig low and with high turnover still make money (high stakes casino games fit this). Perhaps with the increased scrutiny on whales people stopped using casinos as a laundrette
One possible reason: people stopped playing poker machines as much during and after covid so venues change the settings on the machines so that they pay out less to bettors. The reason it retains revenue is because those people who remain are hopelessly addicted.
November 2, 2025 at 5:05 AM
One possible reason: people stopped playing poker machines as much during and after covid so venues change the settings on the machines so that they pay out less to bettors. The reason it retains revenue is because those people who remain are hopelessly addicted.
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Absolutely nothing to see here
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Sportsbet dines with government minister at Labor fundraiser despite calls to reject lobbying from industry
Exclusive: Dinner occurred on the same day that four crossbench MPs held a press conference calling on government to ignore lobbying from gambling industry
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Absolutely nothing to see here
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Enough with the intestine chat!
October 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Enough with the intestine chat!
Thought you'd like it!
October 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Thought you'd like it!
I agree and there's a danger that people interpret the paper as saying ‘public universities should be detached from public accountability’. If you view the anu as simply a federal agency, then you might think the buck stops with the minister and that’s it, which in law it does.
September 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I agree and there's a danger that people interpret the paper as saying ‘public universities should be detached from public accountability’. If you view the anu as simply a federal agency, then you might think the buck stops with the minister and that’s it, which in law it does.