Total ban on gambling ads ‘the right thing to do’, Labor MPs argue

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Several Labor MPs have urged the federal government to introduce a total ban on gambling ads and not to water down the recommendations of an inquiry led by their late colleague Peta Murphy.

The government has spent six months assessing the inquiry’s bipartisan recommendations – prompted by “powerful evidence of community harm – and consulting with gambling companies, broadcasters, sporting codes and tech giants.

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