Tim Costello
AustraliaadvocateMale6.0Global Dominance: 0.01%Tim Costello is a prominent Australian advocate for gambling reform and a public figure known for his work with the Alliance for Gambling Reform. He has been vocal about the detrimental effects of poker machines in Australia and has publicly supported the efforts of newly elected MPs who are pushing for significant changes to gambling policies in New South Wales, asserting that they are showing greater leadership on this issue than the current government.
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Gambling companies last week denied the evidence tendered by anti-gambling campaigner Tim Costello.
What the Greens want to change in the government’s proposed sports betting legislationAustralia· 2026-08-09
Reform advocate Tim Costello labelled it 'Groundhog Day', a truncated re-run of the longer inquiry Labor MP Peta Murphy led in 2023.
The Senate may punt the gambling reform bill. Could the PM call that a win?Australia· 2026-08-06
Testimonies from reform advocate Tim Costello and former rugby league player Luke Bateman said betting companies had lured VIPs with thousands of dollars worth of free bets, drugs, escorts, hotels, grand final tickets and alcohol.
Anthony Albanese faces pressure to strengthen laws following alarming Senate inquiry testimonyAustralia· 2026-08-05
Tim Costello criticized Labor’s laws for not banning betting inducements during the inquiry.
Sportsbet, Tabcorp and RWA reject claims of offering drugs and escorts to VIP clientsAustralia· 2026-08-04
The Reverend Tim Costello said we wouldn’t accept capping cigarette ads shown to children to three per hour so why would we say it’s OK for gambling ads?
Church leaders, child advocates criticise PM for not putting full ban on betting adsAustralia· 2026-08-02
Prominent gambling reform advocate Tim Costello criticized the influence of industry lobbyists at the Labor event.
Party’s $4 million in industry donations fuels debate over national reformAustralia· 2026-07-21
Alliance for Gambling Reform chief advocate Tim Costello said Unions NSW secretary Mark Morey and Inner West Council Mayor Darcy Byrne deserved credit for pushing Labor to do more in its party platform last weekend.
Party platform changes, but pledges go bust as can is kicked down the roadAustralia· 2026-07-11
Labor gambling ad rules were blasted by Tim Costello.
Cocaine from GM crops floods nation; Anthony Albanese in Fiji to sign Vuvale Union security pact; Labor gambling ad rules blasted by Tim CostelloAustralia· 2026-07-05
Tim Costello, the former chief executive of World Vision Australia, described the verdict against Halabi as a travesty of justice.
World Vision whistleblowers interrogated by Hamas to obstruct trialAustralia· 2026-02-11
Tim Costello helped Peter White and Simon Rose pack mattress rows into a living room for a clinic.
Dr Simon Rose treats patients that others won’t touch. AHPRA wanted him goneAustralia· 2026-02-07
Tim Costello is a senior fellow at the Centre for Public Christianity and a former CEO of World Vision Australia.
Bigger defence budgets are more often a prelude to war, not peaceAustralia· 2025-07-12
Anti-gambling advocate Tim Costello said that when universities and other 'powerful culture bearers and gatekeepers in society' take Ainsworth’s money, 'gambling reform becomes so much harder'.
UNSW endometriosis centre funded by Ainsworth to tune of $50mAustralia· 2025-05-20
Tim Costello is spot-on about gambling being a national health issue.
Jews and Palestinians deserve dignity equallyAustralia· 2025-05-18
Costello has accused the AFL and NRL of directly leaking plans to destroy any reform of the gambling sector.
New double ministry of sports, communication creates ‘conflict of interest’, says Tim CostelloAustralia· 2025-05-16
Tim Costello is a gambling reform campaigner and Baptist minister who comments on the cultural significance of two-up.
Does two-up have a strategy?Australia· 2025-04-24
Tim Costello is referenced for his articles discussing the negative impacts of Trump and Musk.
Religion and good morals don’t always go togetherAustralia· 2025-04-21
Tim Costello, a top proponent of a full ban, criticized Albanese's approach to gambling reform.
Albanese used captain’s call to shelve ban on gambling adsAustralia· 2025-04-20
Anti-gambling crusader Reverend Tim Costello said Foot’s role with Sportsbet was highly inappropriate.
The AFL has endorsed field umpire Nick Foot being on the payroll of a major betting company as a horse racing analystAustralia· 2025-02-18
Tim Costello, the chief advocate at the Alliance for Gambling Reform, stated that the new MPs are showing more leadership than the premier.
NSW poker machine reforms unify Monica Tudehope, James Wallace, Jacqui Scruby,Australia· 2025-02-14
