Australian Government Shelves Gambling Ad Reforms Until 2025
Ministers in the Australian government have confirmed that changes to gambling advertising in the sector that it had promised to enact this year will not be introduced to Parliament until 2025 due to time constraints to debate the issues later this year.
Australian Government confirms the delay of gambling reforms until next year.
LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE:The government has said it would introduce gambling reforms this year but there is only one week left to implement any changes. These changes were recommended in a report from the MP Peta Murphy and included banning all gambling advertisements.
There is a coalition of ministers and anti-gambling organizations that have raised concerns that the government has not introduced stricter rules for gambling companies. They believe the Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese is hesitant to introduce a gambling ads ban.
The proposed gambling reform changes could now be debated early next year, however there is a possibility this could be also be delayed even further due to the federal elections.
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The Albanese government says it has more urgent legislation it wants to implement and will focus on the issues of the cost of living and providing housing support.
Senior ministers in the government have expressed that they feel rushing through legislation based on the findings of the Murphy report could lead to unintended consequences. There needs to be careful consultation with stakeholders in the gambling industry and media platforms to assess the full impact that any gambling advertisements would have on these sectors.
The government takes seriously our responsibility to protect Australians, particularly young people, from the harms of online gambling. We will continue to work through the 31 recommendations of the Murphy inquiry into online gambling, which requires a whole of government response. As we have seen in the past, bad policy design leads to bad outcomes which is why it’s important that we get these reforms right.
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