Queenslanders bet over $56b last year, but less than one per cent of that went to preventing further harm
The Queensland government made $1.9 billion in gambling taxes last year, but only spent 0.6 per cent on harm minimisation programs. A damning Queensland Audit Office report has taken aim at the state government’s “inadequate” harm reduction strategies. The report, tabled in state parliament, has revealed Queensland gamblers spent $56.4 billion in the 2022-23 financial…