Human Services Minister Alan Tudge in Sydney. Photo: Kirk Gilmour
Alan Tudge clearly remembers the moment he came face-to-face with problem gambling in Australia.
Five years ago a member of his Aston electorate in Melbourne’s outer east was bankrupted after racking up an $80,000 debt betting online credit with Sportsbet, owned by Irish gambling giant Paddy Power.
The man lost the lot over one weekend and when he couldn’t pay it back was taken to court by Sportsbet.
Half a decade on the Liberal MP, now the federal government’s Human Services Minister, has been handed the delicate job of overhauling Australia’…
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