In June 2023, Labor MP Peta Murphy presented a report to the Albanese government recommending a ban on gambling advertising due to the grave social and financial harms caused by gambling ads online, on TV and at sporting venues.

So far the Albanese government has refused to act on the Murphy report.

This is despite the public emphatically agreeing with the recommendations: recent research confirms earlier findings that about 75 per cent of Australians support a total ban on gambling advertising, and 80 per cent support their ban on social media, online, in stadiums and on players' uniforms.

Gambling companies are putting up a fight, saying their sponsorship of sport enables grassroots competitions for kids. But this same argument was put forward by Big Tobacco when governments tried to

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