While the Albanese government has implemented a self-exclusion register and banned credit card use for gambling, some reports suggest gambling ads reform will be watered-down to limiting when they are shown.
Scores of politicians, sports people and other prominent Australians have demanded the federal government and opposition go all-in on gambling reforms. A more-than 60-strong alliance — including former prime ministers John Howard and Malcolm Turnbull and former state premiers Dominic Perrottet, Jeff Kennett and Steve Bracks — is urging the implementation of all gambling reforms recommended in a landmark review led by the late Labor MP Peta Murphy.
"We are working through the incredibly important report ... our late dear friend Peta Murphy did, making sure that we do take serious action to reduce the completely unacceptable harms of gambling," Gorman said. Murphy, who was the member for Dunkley, died from breast cancer in December 2023 . " destroys lives, it destroys people's futures," Gorman said. "And there is more the government can do, and we are working through that at the moment.
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