Albanese to outline case for urgent reform amid global uncertainty<\/a><\/p>\nThe prime minister will use a speech at the National Press Club to make his pitch for “urgent” change amid significant international uncertainty caused by the Middle East war.<\/p>\n
Responsible Wagering Australia said it was “deeply disappointed” by the announcement, describing the changes as “draconian measures”.<\/p>\n
“This announcement, with no heads-up and no genuine consultation, is a real kick in the guts for the industry,” chief executive Kai Cantwell said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“This sets a dangerous precedent. Today\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0gambling advertising, tomorrow\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0alcohol, then\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0sugary drinks, fast food, critical\u00a0minerals\u00a0and\u00a0who knows what else\u00a0comes\u00a0next.”<\/p>\n
Reforms don’t go far enough, according to doctors and MPs<\/p>\n
Independent MP Kate Chaney, who has been outspoken about the need to implement the Murphy recommendations in full, said Labor’s proposal amounted to “tinkering around the edges of meaningful reform”.<\/p>\n
“After more than 1,000 days of silence, this is a start,” she said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Gambling helplines:<\/p>\n
“But it appears to have been designed to give certainty to powerful vested interests rather than to reduce harm to the many Australians suffering from the impacts of gambling addiction.”<\/p>\n
The changes continued to put responsibility on the individual, Ms Chaney said, rather than treating gambling as a public health issue.<\/p>\n
“That is exactly what the gambling companies want \u2014 if you fail to work out how to opt out of gambling ads online, it’s on you.”<\/p>\n
Liberal MP Simon Kennedy, who is a co-chair of a parliamentary friends group on gambling harm minimisation, was also not positive about the government’s response.<\/p>\n
“The prime minister has reluctantly moved on gambling reform under pressure from parliament, but after years of inaction the announcement is overdue and underwhelming,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Australian Medical Association vice-president Julian Rait declared that “partial bans do not work”.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Anything less than a comprehensive ban will continue to expose Australians\u00a0\u2014\u00a0especially children\u00a0\u2014 to relentless gambling promotion,” he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Deakin University professor Samantha Thomas, who researches gambling, said she was concerned the government’s response would not sufficiently address the harms, including the risk to children.<\/p>\n
“We want action, yes \u2014 but not a charade,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Effective reforms are needed that actually protect young people, not ones that leave the industry free to innovate around the rules.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A partial ban on gambling advertising designed to protect children from exposure to harm has been unveiled by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[35991,82227,1471,163460,103,61,60,1630,410,411,130945,139790,69661,1650],"class_list":{"0":"post-377634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-anthony-albanese","9":"tag-federal-politics","10":"tag-gambling","11":"tag-gambling-reform","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-labor","16":"tag-mental-health","17":"tag-mentalhealth","18":"tag-murphy-report","19":"tag-national-press-club","20":"tag-peta-murphy","21":"tag-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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