A government backbencher has spoken out against his party for gifting lobbyists more time to campaign on weaker gambling ad limits on TV and social media.
The government has been slammed by one of its own MPs for briefing lobbyists before its own caucus on legislating a partial ban on gambling ads .The proposed legislation is yet to be made public, but the opposition has hinted it supports stronger policy on gambling ads on TV and social media.
Despite days of MPs being cautioned by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese against taking all the reported proposals as gospel, communications department officials on Friday confirmed in a briefing to a small group including the Alliance for Gambling reform that the changes were as described. "I'm not a wowser. I enjoy a flutter, but I'll introduce gambling to my kids when I'm ready, not because I want to watch football.""I think there is an opportunity for a bipartisan approach here to get this right, but the community is clearly telling us we've got to do something and we've got to do something soon."
There was also no evidence provided to link the issue of a gambling ban with the need to save free-to-air media, he added.
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