Changes to gambling advertising won't happen until next month at the earliest as the government scrambles to manage a caucus pushback and resistance from the crossbenches.
The ABC has been told gambling reforms won't be brought to cabinet next week, as the measures face resistance from within the party.
The ABC understands the issue will not come before cabinet next week when it meets on Monday, with sources saying they understand a group of Labor MPs are pushing to put the case for a full ban on advertising to the prime minister in person. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this week said the government needed to be careful the changes did not have "unintended consequences".Minister warns gambling ad ban could hurt journalism
"The gambling lobby have had their claws in both the Labor and Liberal Party for far too long," she said. She accused the federal government of recently throwing free-to-air broadcasters "under the bus by locking sport behind the paywalls of the global streamers with their anti-siphoning laws".
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