Stephen Conroy goes to Darwin in first outing as betting lobbyist

Australia's new arbiter of responsible betting, the esteemed Stephen Conroy esq, has wasted no time getting across his new brief jumping a plane to Darwin on Thursday to take part in a betting industry confab.

The new head of the astroturfing outfit, Responsible Wagering Australia was among a grab-bag of online wagering house reps who travelled north to take part in a meeting convened by the NT Attorney-General's department (most of the large overseas betting houses are registered in the Territory, where they pay only a relatively piddling $550,000 licence fee to operate in Australia. Winning!)