{"podcast":{"title":"Squiz Today","slug":"squiz-today-632196","podcast_index_feed_id":632196,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/STHZE1330487576","website_url":"https://thesquiz.com.au","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3db7ad72-3562-11ed-9b32-27fdb8ffad1d/image/b4fa91da002dda6a1e85b1596900a83e.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Squiz Media","episode_count":2471,"summary":"A daily news podcast presented by Andrew Williams, Alice Dempster, Anna Pykett and Larissa Huntington, getting you across the latest Australian and international news in under 10 minutes. Agenda-free, independent, and delivered by hosts that'll come to feel like mates. It's the news without the noise, cutting through with a touch of analysis and an eye on what's coming next. And there's always a quirky news story or two to give some balance to the news of the day. News for busy people, out 6am weekday, perfect for your morning routine. The Squiz is your shortcut to being informed. Top tip - check out The Squiz Today newsletter. It's the daily news stories, in your inbox each weekday at 6am, with links and more info to all the stories covered in The Squiz Today podcast. Sign up at www.thesquiz.com.au - it's free.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T08:20:36.550118+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiz-today-632196"},"episode":{"title":"Squiz Shortcut: What's happening with gambling ads in Oz?","slug":"squiz-shortcut-what-s-happening-with-gambling-ads-in-oz","published_at":"2026-07-14T06:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiz-today-632196/squiz-shortcut-what-s-happening-with-gambling-ads-in-oz","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiz-today-632196","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/STHZE2568021281.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/STHZE2568021281.mp3","summary":"Australians are known as the biggest gamblers in the world, but experts have long compared the harms associated with gambling to a public health crisis. The Federal Government has introduced legislation into parliament to change how bookmakers and betting companies can advertise their platforms to protect more Aussies - but the plan has met with some criticism. So in this Squiz Shortcut, we’ll take a look at why gambling is seen as so harmful, what the Government is proposing and how it’s gone down. Squiz Recommends:  Reading: Peta Murphy’s ‘You Win Some You Lose More’ report for some context to the debate. Reading: This piece in The Conversation called ‘The biggest losers: how Australians became the world’s most enthusiastic gamblers’.  Watching: It’s also worth watching Shaun Micallef’s Going for Broke - that’s the ABC documentary series where he looks at the issue of gambling in Australia Listeners seeking support for gambling concerns can contact the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 for free, professional and confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. More information is available at www.gamblinghelponline.org.au. SPONSORED - Try Claude at claude.ai. SPONSORED - To find out more about the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. Hosted by Anna Pykett and Andrew Williams Researched by Anna Pykett Got a suggestion for a Squiz Shortcut topic? We'd love to hear it - email us at hello@thesquiz.com.au ⁠Squiz Shortcuts⁠ is your back story to the big news stories… Want the email version? Sign up for the free Shortcuts newsletter here.","meta_description":"Australians are known as the biggest gamblers in the world, but experts have long compared the harms associated with gambling to a public health crisis. T…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":954,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/squiz-today-632196/episodes/squiz-shortcut-what-s-happening-with-gambling-ads-in-oz/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiz-today-632196/squiz-shortcut-what-s-happening-with-gambling-ads-in-oz.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}