{"id":629522,"date":"2024-08-01T22:41:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T19:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/australian-teens-want-action-on-gambling\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T22:41:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T19:41:54","slug":"australian-teens-want-action-on-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/australian-teens-want-action-on-gambling\/","title":{"rendered":"#Australian teens want action on gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New research looking at young people’s attitudes to gambling harms reveals Australian teens feel strongly about the lack of action by government to protect them from a relentless flow of marketing relating to gambling and betting.<\/p>\n

ProThe Deakin University led study asked 12-to-17-year-olds living in Victoria and New South Wales what they think about policies relating to gambling marketing and their voices provide further evidence of the need for governments to take a stronger stand on gambling industry marketing strategies.<\/p>\n

The findings<\/a> reveal respondents want more effective regulation of gambling marketing and believe young people should be given opportunities to contribute to discussions about what gambling regulation should look like.<\/p>\n

Dr. Hannah Pitt from Deakin’s Institute for Health Transformation (IHT) said the research revealed strong messages for political leaders in particular.<\/p>\n

“We asked our young people what they would say to the Prime Minister about gambling marketing if they had the opportunity,” Dr. Pitt said.<\/p>\n

“They believe governments aren’t acting quickly enough and that a lack of action was having a negative impact on their lives.”<\/p>\n

Here is some of what they had to say:<\/p>\n