Dr Simone McCarthy

Research Fellow, Deakin University. Researching the gendered impacts of gambling harm and the commercial determinants of health

[Dr Simone McCarthy @SimoneNicoleM]

I recently spoke to House of Wellness TV @Channel7 about the impact of marketing on the normalisation of gambling for young people ⬇️ @IHT_Deakin

[AFL @AFL]

Jesse Hogan is enduring one of the toughest stretches of his career 😬

[Dr Simone McCarthy @SimoneNicoleM]

@CarltonFC Can we get out of pokies yet?

[Prof Samantha Thomas @Doc_Samantha]

Huge congratulations @GraceArnot on submitting your PhD on young people’s perspectives of the commercial and political determinants of the climate crisis. We are so incredibly proud of you! 🎉🎉Thank you for choosing us to go on this journey with you. It’s been the best! ❤️ 🧵

[Prof Samantha Thomas @Doc_Samantha]

We are so grateful to Gambling Lived Experience Experts and so many gambling reform colleagues who supported our Life in Recovery photo exhibition yesterday. An incredible event! Well done @SimoneNicoleM for leading this important project!

[Alliance for Gambling Reform @ReformGambling]

Alliance Voices Advocate Mark Kempster @OffOdds hears heartbreaking stories every week. Just last Friday, a young man reached out, dreading the gambling ads that bombard him every weekend, feeling trapped with no way out. https://t.co/M81LocIQZd 👇

[Prof Samantha Thomas @Doc_Samantha]

This is such an important story. Well done Carolyn, Anna and @SimoneNicoleM .

[Wesley Mission @wesleymission]

It's Gambling Harm Awareness Week in NSW. Powering down NSW's 87,000 poker machines between midnight & 10am is a simple reform @ChrisMinns could introduce to reduce #GamblingHarm across NSW. Sign the petition in the link & help #PutPokiesInTheirPlace https://t.co/DxhBb7ayW3

[Prof Samantha Thomas @Doc_Samantha]

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Two very important articles in the AFR @MizenRonald and the Guardian showing the level of lobbying and access the gambling industry, and major sporting codes have with the PMs office, and their arguments against a gambling ad ban. ⬇️

https://t.co/X3meQRY5cO

[Prof Samantha Thomas @Doc_Samantha]

We have an exciting PhD cotutelle scholarship opportunity with our colleagues at Ghent University to undertake a project on the impact of gambling marketing on children. Please see the poster below for more details. @BramConstandt @HannahLPitt @SimoneNicoleM @steffi_dejans

[Kate Chaney @ChaneyforCurtin]

What is the point of holding public inquiries if the PM prefers to parrot the fake stats spouted by the gambling lobby? Online gambling is grooming a new generation of gamblers. Stop with the excuses & ban online gambling ads now. #auspol #gamblingreform https://t.co/5rU9fYxsmP

[Prof Samantha Thomas @Doc_Samantha]

"I am advised the Prime Minister was relying on a recollection of published material and that there are no documents or material in the possession of the Prime Minister or his office."

Great work from @DavidPocock

Article from @SteveCannane ⬇️⬇️⬇️

https://t.co/meJe5fmdzq

[Prof Samantha Thomas @Doc_Samantha]

Absolutely appalling that during a period of national gambling reform, the organisation representing people with a lived experience of gambling harm cannot get a meeting with the PM or even a Minister. @ahbard on RN today. Full link below.

[Dr Simone McCarthy @SimoneNicoleM]

Fantastic to collaborate on such an important piece of work with @CancerCouncilWA @julia_stafford1 @DanicaKeric @HannahLPitt @GraceArnot @Doc_Samantha

[Dr Simone McCarthy @SimoneNicoleM]

Older Australian women consume alcohol at high-risk levels, yet they are overlooked in public health responses. Check out our new open access paper where we explore the role of alcohol in the lives of older women and how we should respond👇

https://t.co/Nh2PzYYSlR @IHT_Deakin

[Dr Simone McCarthy @SimoneNicoleM]

Public health initiatives should:
1. Address social contexts of older women's drinking
2. Develop targeted messaging to disrupt 'responsible drinking' narratives
3. Consider gender and age in alcohol policy &
4. Investigate industry marketing tactics targeting older women

[Zoe Daniel (she/her) @zdaniel]

Gambling ads invade every corner of our lives, luring in the most vulnerable with false promises. Young people should be dreaming about playing the games they love, not playing the odds. @Doc_Samantha joins the pod to share why gambling ads must go.

Listen here 🎧 https://t.co/LPwPF8HaFL

[Prof Samantha Thomas @Doc_Samantha]

Over 150 people have registered for this free webinar in the last week!

Don't miss out on this important discussion about Conflicts of Interest in academic publishing hosted by @HealthPromInt and @ICARA_Global

Register here: https://t.co/8j1IKBv9og

[Prof Samantha Thomas @Doc_Samantha]

It’s time for the Australian government to create gambling policies that benefit and protect children and young people, not the interests of the gambling industry and their allies.

I spoke with Steve Cannane on RN this morning.

https://t.co/qV4x1HAj65

[David Pocock @DavidPocock]

Professor Samantha Thomas tears apart the gambling industry's claims that age verification would stop the enormous harm gambling advertising does, especially to children & talks about how that harm is compounded by complicit governments like ours.
https://t.co/PVZDv3IIoF