> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://katecarruthers.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Australia's nanny state grows apace...
- URL: https://katecarruthers.com/australias-nanny-state-grows-apace/
- Published: 2004-07-23T21:16:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-08T08:53:16.000Z
- Author: Kate Carruthers
- Tags: civil society, politics, people, society, #Migrated-1775015344493, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-04-01 14:49

> Source: "*Warning to problem gamblers: clock off*", John Stapleton, The Australian, Sat 24 Jul 2004, p. 111

At the very least every measure like this that reduces the responsibility of an individual to make their own life choices & creates a dependent individual. Over time this increasing regulation of personal life and action will reduce us to adults with childlike levels of capability to decide courses of action for ourselves. Again the nanny state grows in Australia!