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Reducing Alcohol Related Harm
Information and support services are available to help prevent alcohol problems and reduce harm from drinking alcohol.
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Reducing Gaming Related Harm
Information and support services are available to help prevent gambling becoming a problem and to help people who gamble too much.
A significant tool in reducing gaming related harm is the Tasmanian Gambling Exclusion Scheme. Information regarding the Scheme can be accessed here.
Social and Economic Impact Study into Gambling in Tasmania
The Tasmanian Government has engaged a consultant, the South Australian Centre for Economic Studies, to undertake a Social and Economic Impact Study into Gambling in Tasmania.
The scope and objectives of this Study are to:
- establish a framework and methodology to enable the research to be repeated;
- quantify and assess the broad social impacts of gambling in Tasmania;
- analyse the economic impacts of gambling in Tasmania and quantify the financial impacts upon State and Local Government, and its effect upon tourism, recreation, economic development and employment; and
- identify the incidence of problem gambling in Tasmania compared with other States and Territories.
Under Section 151(5) of the Gaming Control Act 1993, the Treasurer must cause an independent review of the social and economic impact of gambling in Tasmania every three years. This will be the first of these impact studies.
The legislation also requires that the Study be carried out by persons (only one of whom may be employed by the State of Tasmania or a State Service Agency) who, in the Treasurer’s opinion, possess appropriate expertise or qualifications to carry out the review.
It is a requirement that:
- consultation with stakeholders be undertaken during the Study;
- the national definition of problem gambling be used as endorsed by the Ministerial Council on Gambling, as follows: “Problem gambling is characterised by difficulties in limiting money and/or time spent on gambling which leads to adverse consequences for the gambler, others, or for the community”;
- estimates of gambling prevalence be comparable with the previous Tasmanian Gambling Prevalence Study (2005) using the nationally agreed gambling screen, "the Canadian Problem Gambling Index"; and
- the draft report be subject to independent peer review before it is finalised.
The Study is due to be completed by 31 March 2008.
Further information on the Study is available by contacting Mr Damien Febey, Department of Treasury and Finance, 21 Murray Street, Hobart 7000, phone 6233 2094 or email damien.febey@treasury.tas.gov.au.
Support Services
Further Information on Managing Gambling Behaviour
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