Labor is playing a dangerous game on gambling reform

It’s difficult to pinpoint the most disappointing moment in the protracted process behind Labour’s watered-down gambling advertising reforms. to be introduced to parliament in these two weeks (though a few of them bet placed, Crikey’s 2024 series examining Labour’s cowardice).

You can start with the fact that it does not act immediately. bipartisan recommendations It was held in the 2023 inquiry chaired by the late Peta Murphy, which called for a blanket ban on gambling advertising.