❓ The parliamentary question asks if the Government acknowledges the potential harm of gambling. The answer acknowledges the existence of problem gambling based on a Productivity Commission report.
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Does the Government support the view that gambling may be potentially harmful to some who consume it?
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Answered
2 May 2006
Responded by
Minister for Racing and Gaming
Response time
33 days
As evidenced by the Productivity Commission's 1999 Inquiry Report (which identified 2.1 percent of Australian adults as problem gamblers, and reported problem gamblers representing 0.70 percent of Western Australian adults), a small percentage of people who gamble become problem gamblers.
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