Anna Bardsley is a retired businesswoman, singer, and writer who survived ten years of gambling harm from poker machines.

​

Anna speaks honestly about the shame of being a gambler and the struggle of recovery. She shares her story in the hope of reducing the stigma around gambling and to advocate for change.

​

Anna received the Healthy and Active Living Award: 2019 Victorian Senior of the Year, she has numerous television and speaking credits including conferences, the ABC production ‘You Can’t Ask That’, podcasts, radio and television interviews.

​

She is committed to changing the conversation about gambling harm in Australia by challenging the language and elevating the voices of people with lived experience.

​

Anna co-founded GHLEE Inc because she believes that people who have lived and are living gambling harm have powerful insights into what needs to change to protect people from the predatory practices of the gambling industry.