{"id":777010056,"date":"2023-10-11T07:28:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T10:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777010056"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:16:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:16:48","slug":"australia-mildura-council-opens-consultation-on-new-gambling-harm-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-mildura-council-opens-consultation-on-new-gambling-harm-policies","title":{"rendered":"Australia: Mildura council opens consultation on new gambling harm policies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mildura Rural City Council is seeking public input.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- <strong>The Mildura Rural City Council <\/strong>is inviting the Sunraysia community to share feedback on a new policy to mitigate the adverse effects of gambling. This initiative, conceived under the guidance of councillor <strong>Troy Bailey<\/strong>, includes a combination of direct actions, advocacy and partnership approaches including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No Council activities in venues that have gambling activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advocating to the Victorian Government to reduce the current EGM cap in regional areas, and for EGMs given up by venues to be automatically removed from the regional cap.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pushing for changes to gambling-related legislation based on public health research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Funding initiatives that provide alternative activities to gambling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Considering opportunities to limit the impact of gambling through changes to the Mildura Planning Scheme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Cr. Bailey said: &#8220;As community leaders, we have a responsibility to ensure the wellbeing of our community, and this includes the impacts of gambling. &#8220;Figures from the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission tell us that in the 2022\/23 financial year gambling losses from electronic gaming machines in our region topped more than AU$38m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;While this is obviously a significant figure, it&#8217;s the social and economic impacts that flow from these financial losses that strike to the heart of why this policy has been developed &#8211; to minimise harm and support our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feedback wil be taken until 5pm on Friday November 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/victoria-gambling-legislation-amendment-bill-2023-presented-to-parliament\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Victoria Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 presented to Parliament<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mildura Rural City Council is seeking public input.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Mildura Rural City Council is seeking public feedback on a new policy aimed at mitigating gambling harm within the Sunraysia community. This initiative includes advocating for reduced Electronic Gaming Machine (EGM) caps in regional Victoria, implementing local planning scheme changes, and ceasing Council activities in gambling venues, citing AU$38m in regional EGM losses.","focusai_entities":"Mildura Rural City Council, Troy Bailey, Victorian Government, Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission","focusai_location":"Australia, Mildura, Victoria, Sunraysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"EGM Cap Impact","query":"What is the projected financial impact on regional Victorian operators if the Mildura Rural City Council's proposed EGM cap reductions are implemented statewide?"},{"label":"Regulatory Precedent","query":"Could the Mildura Rural City Council's policy framework establish a precedent for other local governments in Australia to pursue similar gambling harm minimization initiatives?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777010056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777010056"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041168,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010056\/revisions\/777041168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777010056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777010056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777010056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}