Exclusive: Labor MPs worried government’s election focus on cost-of-living pressures will leave no room to act on gambling ad reform
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There is growing unease and disappointment among Labor MPs and advocates that the government may sideline plans for gambling ad bans until at least after the election, with some politicians saying they do not expect any moves in coming months.
Eighteen months on from late Labor MP Peta Murphy’s landmark report, which called for an end to all online wagering ads, the government has still not outlined any plans to rein in gambling marketing. When asked this week if he would take a new plan to the election, or push ahead with reform before it, the prime minister gave no indication.
