Prominent Australians Urge Total Ban on Gambling Advertising

Published on August 12, 2024

The Labor government and Coalition opposition are being urged to outlaw all gambling advertising within three years, in line with the recommendations of a 2023 report into gambling harm. The call comes in a letter sent to both party leaders by 60 prominent Australians with backgrounds in politics, unions, sports and faith as part of an ongoing campaign by the Alliance for Gambling Reform. Former Prime Ministers John Howard and Malcolm Turnbull are among the signatories, along with former state premiers Dominic Perrottet and Steve Bracks, family violence prevention advocate Rosie Batty, and Jesuit priest and academic Frank Brennan. Federal independent MPs Andrew Wilkie, Rebekha Sharkie, Monique Ryan, Allegra Spender, Kylea Tink, Zali Steggall, Zoe Daniel, Kate Chaney, Dai Le, Helen Haines, Sophie Scamps have also signed, along with independent Senator David Pocock, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, and former federal Labor minister Robert Tickner ....

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