Several Labor MPs have urged the federal government to introduce a total ban on gambling ads and not to water down the recommendations of an inquiry led by their late colleague Peta Murphy.
The government has spent six months assessing the inquiry’s bipartisan recommendations – prompted by “powerful evidence of community harm – and consulting with gambling companies, broadcasters, sporting codes and tech giants.
The south-west Sydney MP Michael Freelander told Guardian Australia that legislating a “blanket ban” on gambling advertising was “the right thing to do” and he “strongly believed” there was support for that among his colleagues.
