Associate Professor, School of Business and Tourism, Southern Cross University
Dr Martin Young is an Associate Professor in the School of Business and Tourism at Southern Cross University and Visiting Research Fellow at the Australian National University. He is a human geographer with with an overarching interest the spatial processes that constitute contemporary capitalist societies. His applied research examines the political economy of the gambling and tourism industries, particular in regional and remote areas, on which he has published widely.
When it comes to election campaigns, is the gambling lobby all bark and no bite?
Dec 29, 2016 12:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
The gambling lobbys influence in overriding popular opinion and the public interest in Australia is well-known. But is its electoral power exaggerated? A look at this years ACT election suggests that perhaps the gambling...
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