The story the government doesn't want you to talk about today

The Radio National Hour · May 12, 2026 · 55m

Gambling addiction is costing more lives than we know. This week a coronial inquest in Victoria has heard harrowing testimony of a young man who lost nearly $50,000 before taking his own life at just 22. It was stories like this that moved the late Labor MP Peta Murphy to act and today nearly three years after she delivered her review into gambling harm, the government has finally tabled its response. Reform advocates like Mark Kempster and Monash University Associate Professor Charles Livingstone, … have described their response as 'weak' and 'gutless'.Comedian, actor, political candidate…