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Through our research, the Commission contributes to the public debate and encourages informed policy discussion.

The Commission has a statutory mandate to conduct a program of research to support its inquiries, annual reporting and other responsibilities, including promoting community awareness and understanding of various productivity and regulatory issues.

NSW Lotteries % (PDF - 49k)

Submission 152 for Australia's Gambling Industries (1999) View full list


5 Various independent research studies support the view that problem gambling is not generally associated with lotteries. ... Total direct employment generated in NSW is estimated at over 2, 000 jobs.

Date received: 15 Feb 1999

Australian Retailers Association (PDF - 64k)

Submission 93 for Australia's Gambling Industries (1999) View full list


According to DEETYA projections the retail industry is to provide one in every five new jobs in the period up to 2005. ... 8%. However, an internal dissection of the supermarket category estimates that major supermarkets gained 2.4% percentage points,

Date received: 1 Nov 1998

Aristocrat Leisure Industries (PDF - 630k)

Submission 111 for Australia's Gambling Industries (1999) View full list


gambling industry would more than offset the likely job losses and economy wide income losses demonstrated here. ... These costs include estimates of the impacts of such things as absenteeism, job loss, legal system costs and acute treatment costs.

Date received: 30 Nov 1998

Western Australian Government (PDF - 256k)

Submission 76 for Australia's Gambling Industries (1999) View full list


The Lotteries Commission sells its products through a network of 600 small independent businesses, primarily newsagents, and distributes the proceeds to over 2000 eligible organisations comprised of ‘not for profit’community ... Most recently, there

Date received: 14 Nov 1998

Nunkuwarrin Yunti of SA % (PDF - 72k)

Submission 106 for Australia's Gambling Industries (1999) View full list


Given each spin in completely independent of the previous one, monitoring outcome is erroneous. ... Prepared by Nunkuwarrin Yunti of SA Inc. 9. job creation, self reliance and re-empowerment.

Date received: 2 Dec 1998

Star City, Sydney (PDF - 267k)

Submission 33 for Australia's Gambling Industries (1999) View full list


taxation and direct community spending. It is also a large employer - about 16, 500 jobs in NSW alone. ... This figure swells to 23, 000 when the indirect jobs created in manufacturing and administration are included.

Date received: 31 Oct 1998

Australian Medical Association (PDF - 80k)

Submission 53 for Australia's Gambling Industries (1999) View full list


Screen. Unhappiness also scored as a significant independent predictor of South Oaks scores. ... Crockford DN and el-Guebaly N (1998). Psychiatric comorbidity in pathological gambling: a critical review.

Date received: 6 Nov 1998

Committee on Problem Gambling Management (New Zealand) (PDF - 160k)

Submission 92 for Australia's Gambling Industries (1999) View full list


This review is appended as the COPGM Draft Policy for Promoting Responsibility in Gambling. ... Several countries have recently initiated gambling reviews or begun publishing policy recommendations, for example:.

Date received: 24 Nov 1998

Women's Health West % (PDF - 337k)

Submission 176 for Australia's Gambling Industries (1999) View full list


6. their municipalities. They are in the process of establishing a regional Problem Gambling Network with other interested stakeholders. ... The service is confidential and offers information and/or independent professional counselling to the gambler and

Date received: 4 Jun 1999

Good Shepherd Youth and Family Service (PDF - 615k)

Submission 178 for Australia's Gambling Industries (1999) View full list


Section 11 (page 99) outlines a series of recommendations related to initiatives for the Shire, including a review of the recreation policy and the development of a responsible gaming strategy. ... An independent impact study of the “true costs”of

Date received: 1 May 1999