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The Parliament of Australia convened for its spring session on Monday in advance of a contentious matter set for deliberation by the legislature in the coming weeks — a proposed ban on gambling advertisements.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is seen during a campaign rally in 2022. Albanese’s government is expected to pass a law limiting how gambling interests advertise across Australia. (Image: AP<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With problem gambling rates continuing to hover at rates deemed unacceptable by mental health experts and many in the public, government officials on both sides of the bench have suggested limiting or banning advertisements promoting the country’s vast gaming industry. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party government is expected to push for a cap on gambling-related television advertising, while crossbench parties are campaigning for a complete ban.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Under Labor’s proposal, gambling ads<\/a> would be prohibited online and on television during children’s programming. Gambling marketing<\/a> would also be limited to running outside of live sports broadcasts, and an hour on either side of the game’s start and finish.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Gambling firms would continue to be allowed to sponsor jerseys, however, and on-field and in-stadium signage would remain. The Albanese government favors gambling advert restrictions over a complete ban, which is endorsed by the Greens.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Recognizing that this is a complex issue, we’re taking a comprehensive approach,” said Albanese.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Labor controls 78 of the 151 House seats and 25 of the 76 Senate seats.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lawmakers Divided<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

Australia is notorious for having some of the highest per capita annual gambling losses in the world<\/a>. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare says nearly four in 10 Aussies gamble at least weekly, with nearly 50% of men reporting playing each week.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Popular gambling mediums include sports betting, horse racing, lottery games, and pokies, or slot machines, at casinos<\/a> and in pubs and clubs. Australians lose about AU$30 billion (US$20 billion) a year gambling.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Green Party has the support of the Alliance for Gambling Reform, which wrote Parliament ahead of its spring convening urging the government to outlaw all gambling ads. The alliance is an independent, not-for-profit committee that seeks to reduce gambling harms Down Under<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There is strong evidence that gambling companies are now grooming our kids by targeting children as young as 14 through social media,” the Alliance for Gambling Reform’s letter to Parliament read. “Our children are also being targeted by the tsunami of gambling ads that assault our screens, especially around coverage of our major sporting codes. It is ensnaring a whole new generation of gamblers.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The letter calls on the government and opposition “to publicly commit to the swift adoption and implementation” of all recommendations made in the 2023 Murphy Report. The report, led by the late Labor MP Peta Murphy, who died in December 2023 from breast cancer, recommended a blanket ban on gambling adverts.<\/span><\/p>\n

The alliance letter is signed by 74 current or former lawmakers along with health experts. Among the signees are former Prime Ministers John Howard and Malcolm Turnbull.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Public United<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

In 2023, the Australian Institute of Family Studies commissioned a poll to gauge how the public feels about gambling ads continuing to clog television commercial breaks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A majority of the 1,765 adults surveyed said “seeing or hearing wagering advertising” influenced their betting participation. A majority also reasoned that such marketing puts young people at elevated risk of gambling harm.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The probe concluded that Australians “predominantly support” greater restrictions on gambling ads.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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