‘Small and underwhelming’: Albanese’s gambling reforms won’t do much to reduce harm

More than 1 000 days after the release of the Murphy report, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has finally announced decisive action on tackling gambling advertising in Australia. In mid 2023, the late Labor MP Peta Murphy presented a report that recommended a ban on gambling advertising due to the harms caused by those ads on TV, at sports venues and online. Despite widespread cross party support for the recommendations, Albanese failed to commit to any action – until this week

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‘Small and underwhelming’: Albanese’s gambling reforms won’t do much to reduce harm

More than 1 000 days after the release of the Murphy report, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has finally announced decisive action on tackling gambling advertising in Australia. In mid 2023, the late Labor MP Peta Murphy presented a report that recommended a ban on gambling advertising due to the harms caused by those ads on TV, at sports venues and online. Despite widespread cross party support for the recommendations, Albanese failed to commit to any action – until this week

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