Government inaction and slow policy changes derail lives permanently
The article discusses the human cost of government policy delays, specifically regarding online gambling legislation. It argues that slow political action disproportionately impacts citizens, particularly the youth, by failing to address urgent social issues in a timely manner.
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It highlights the tension between political compromise and the real-world consequences of legislative inaction on public welfare.
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Share A A A Rod Glover, whose late wife, Peta Murphy, chaired the committee that delivered the report into online gambling that drove so much of the later debate, issued a statement last week after the government had passed its legislation. He began by strongly emphasising hope. Glover did not want the flaws in what had been done to prevent recognition of “progress”, a “big improvement on the status quo”. That progress was a reminder that agreement could still be reached in politics – which may in turn, he suggested, be a way of rebuilding trust in democracy.
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