Ads for online gambling should be banned in Australia within three years, inquiry recommends
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6CHEP)
Plan gives broadcasters time to find alternatives while preventing another generation from experiencing escalating gambling harm', Labor MP says
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Ads for online gambling should be banned across all media and at all times within three years to combat the manipulation of an impressionable and vulnerable audience", a parliamentary inquiry has recommended.
After months of debate about betting ads, including the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, labelling them annoying" and the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, calling for a ban on ads during sports matches, the inquiry has provided a blueprint to shut them down entirely.
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