Bridget Archer and Fatima Payman sign letter pushing for total ban on gambling ads as independent MPs urge free vote
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6Q3H3)
More than 20 parliamentarians - including Jacqui Lambie and Lidia Thorpe - sign letter calling for blanket ban
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Some 21 parliamentarians including Liberal MP Bridget Archer and former Labor senator Fatima Payman have joined a push for the government to ban all gambling ads, as independent MPs push for a free vote on a total ban.
The first letter is signed by a group of Greens, the teal MPs and other lower house independents, senators Jacqui Lambie, David Pocock and Lidia Thorpe. It calls for a blanket ban on advertisements for online gambling".
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