GAMBLING BAN ROW
Cabinet Minister Bill Shorten has all but confirmed the federal government will resist calls for a blanket ban on gambling ads, the ABC has said following his appearance on Q&A last night. During Monday’s show, Shorten said he was “not convinced that complete prohibition works”. The Albanese government has come under sustained pressure to initiate a total ban as it prepares to respond to the 2022 Senate inquiry into online gambling harm, chaired by the late Labor MP Peta Murphy, which recommended a total ban.
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