The Albanese government is under fire for failing to legislate a recommended ban on gambling advertisements.
The move to reform gambling advertising should have been socially responsive government at its finest. But Labor’s legislation appears to have fallen off the table as the Albanese government scrambles to pass, scrap or delay contentious bills during the sitting week of parliament for 2024, and potentially this term.The legislation was in part to protect young people but Labor’s hesitancy on gambling reform now sits awkwardly against its rush to ban teens from social media.
Murphy called for an advertising ban in four stages. It would start with a ban on gambling ads during news and current affairs broadcasts, on social media and the internet, and on radio during school drop-off and pick-up times. The second phase would extend the bans around sporting events and the third would stop all broadcast advertising of online gambling between 6am and 10pm.
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