Addiction
This man rigged a pokie to bleep when players lost. Here’s what happened
There are more poker machines than ATMs in Australia, and they cost punters more than $13 billion annually.
- Courtney Kruk
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- Gambling
Albanese’s long-delayed gambling ad crackdown to tackle sports broadcasts
The prime minister has been under pressure from the opposition, independents and others to act on an influential report by late Labor MP Peta Murphy.
- Paul Sakkal
Something’s got to give. Maybe, finally, it’s Big Tech
Big Tech in the US have been ordered to pay millions for causing harm to children, while Australians under 25 say they are unhappier than ever due to social media use. What, or who, is next in the reckoning?
- Bronte Gossling
Meta and Google found liable in landmark social media addiction trial
A jury finds the tech giants were negligent in the design of their apps and failed to warn about their dangers.
- Dawn Chmielewski, Courtney Rozen, Kaitlyn Huamani and Barbara Ortutay
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- Alcohol
Dry January’s taught me something about myself. It’s sobering
I have something in common with Bradley Cooper, Kim Kardashian, Anne Hathaway, Naomi Campbell and Brad Pitt. For now.
- Annemarie Fleming
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- Courts
Shocking footage of six-year-old WA girl under influence of meth aired in court
A 35-year-old woman has dodged a jail term despite the court hearing how her daughter ended up high on meth.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
‘I didn’t care if I lived or died’: Charlie Collins on the addiction that nearly destroyed her
In the midst of recovery, the local singer-songwriter has emerged with the best album of her career.
- Nick Buckley
Gareth’s podcast experiment helped change lives, but his success will be short-lived
Gambling counselling services, a trade-off for increased machines at a suburban pub, tapped into a vast unmet need. But their funding is about to expire, while the poker machines remain.
- Harriet Alexander
‘Grave fears’: Overdose deaths reach 10-year high in Victoria
Hundreds of Victorians died by overdosing last year, according to a new report, which support services say should be a watershed for the state’s drug policy.
- Marta Pascual Juanola
Police don’t know how many shops are selling illegal tobacco
Illegal tobacco and nicotine products now represent nearly 40 per cent of the market. There is no agreement on how to tackle the proliferating problem.
- Max Maddison and Penry Buckley