“From Moreland City Council’s
point of view – family violence is
just one of many reasons we
are alarmed by the impact and
growth of gambling in our
society, and why we are
campaigning vigorously against
the excesses of the industry. It
is why in Moreland, our
Municipal Public Health and
Wellbeing Plan features a
commitment to tackle both
family violence and gambling
harm - a commitment I expect
may be strengthened further
when we consider the next
Health and Wellbeing Plan later
this year.”
Mayor, Cr Helen Davidson
February 2017
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Actions include to:
“enhance understanding of the
role of problem gambling among
the multiplicity of social
determinants impacting on
community health and wellbeing
especially those impacting on
disadvantaged and culturally and
linguistically diverse
communities and the link
between problem gambling
and family violence”
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“As noted by Dowling 2014 “violence there is now
consistent international evidence that gambling
problems are associated with intimate partner violence
and family violence more broadly The relationships are
complex; however, people with gambling problems are
more likely than people without gambling problems to
be victims and perpetrators of intimate family violence.”
Moreland Council is concerned to note emerging
evidence of the links between family violence and
problem gambling. Improved regulation of gambling in
Victoria will reduce the social harm associated with
problem gambling and its contribution (among many
factors) to the scourge of family violence. The “Enough
Pokies” regulatory reforms advocated by Moreland City
Council and other Victoria local governments offer an
immediate opportunity. Adoption of this modest reform
package will enhance consideration of the social
impacts of electronic gaming machines in the gaming
license application process.”
“ .. he was controlling, he was
violent – um lots of mind games...
to a point where you're told you're
worthless… you're an oxygen thief
– just as well your daughter died
because you wouldn't have made
a good mum …I didn't want to be
at home …
He tried to put my head through
the door at one stage… then I
started thinking, well, bugger
this… I need to just find
somewhere where it's quiet.
…and …at lunch time or on the
way home I'd stop and have a
go at the pokies.
There were lights and noises and
just this environment of you didn't
know what time it was, where it
was, it was just, you and the
machine.. it takes you away from
reality…”
Data from incidental findings from
the Gambling in Suburban Australia study
Dr Angela Rintoul AIFS