{"id":29103,"date":"2024-09-15T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=29103"},"modified":"2024-09-15T10:00:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T10:00:28","slug":"1-3-young-gamblers-started-under-18-as-ad-ban-bill-hits-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/09\/15\/1-3-young-gamblers-started-under-18-as-ad-ban-bill-hits-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/3 young gamblers started under-18 as ad ban bill hits Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Greens say new research showing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms\/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Faus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com.mcas.ms%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmedia.greens.org.au%252Ft%252Fy-l-mhlhhkd-diijkutdg-y%252F%26data%3D05%257C02%257Cjake.wishart%2540aph.gov.au%257C621e1d26fc234597a14e08dcd52e1a32%257Cf6214c153a9947d1b862c9648e927316%257C0%257C0%257C638619641208946209%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DBu7pbynrQjP52EJnbF2jyNL2%252BOaM%252BvlKmk8OYqwSy7A%253D%26reserved%3D0%26McasTsid%3D20893&amp;McasCSRF=0574c06dc08ac6d0e001fe60cd4d2b8d9d2fcf45fdc57b940b32ac8eb67bae07\">1\/3 young gamblers started before the age of 18<\/a>&nbsp;is a wake up call for Labor and Liberal to back the ban on gambling ads. Seperate research also shows&nbsp;gambling losses in Australia have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms\/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Faus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com.mcas.ms%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmedia.greens.org.au%252Ft%252Fy-l-mhlhhkd-diijkutdg-j%252F%26data%3D05%257C02%257Cjake.wishart%2540aph.gov.au%257C621e1d26fc234597a14e08dcd52e1a32%257Cf6214c153a9947d1b862c9648e927316%257C0%257C0%257C638619641208962572%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DoQJgDo%252BxAmqK9CpDsuNMFo9zWRLLkl%252BvR9ODB1oWSOo%253D%26reserved%3D0%26McasTsid%3D20893&amp;McasCSRF=0574c06dc08ac6d0e001fe60cd4d2b8d9d2fcf45fdc57b940b32ac8eb67bae07\">jumped to $32b per year.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms\/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Faus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com.mcas.ms%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmedia.greens.org.au%252Ft%252Fy-l-mhlhhkd-diijkutdg-t%252F%26data%3D05%257C02%257Cjake.wishart%2540aph.gov.au%257C621e1d26fc234597a14e08dcd52e1a32%257Cf6214c153a9947d1b862c9648e927316%257C0%257C0%257C638619641208977445%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DBMHAUwJbD0sMvNfeB7Oij78ZESoJEpeyQkJRcJ%252BtMgI%253D%26reserved%3D0%26McasTsid%3D20893&amp;McasCSRF=0574c06dc08ac6d0e001fe60cd4d2b8d9d2fcf45fdc57b940b32ac8eb67bae07\">&nbsp;<\/a>The Senate returns tomorrow and will face a Greens amendment to ban gambling ads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms\/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Faus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com.mcas.ms%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmedia.greens.org.au%252Ft%252Fy-l-mhlhhkd-diijkutdg-i%252F%26data%3D05%257C02%257Cjake.wishart%2540aph.gov.au%257C621e1d26fc234597a14e08dcd52e1a32%257Cf6214c153a9947d1b862c9648e927316%257C0%257C0%257C638619641208992198%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DgjlUjcla2lxXZaYWvOGbA%252Bb5x%252FjtZ5A%252BrDWit762k6o%253D%26reserved%3D0%26McasTsid%3D20893&amp;McasCSRF=0574c06dc08ac6d0e001fe60cd4d2b8d9d2fcf45fdc57b940b32ac8eb67bae07\"><strong>Nearly 1\/3 young gamblers started before the age of 18,&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><em>\u2018Rite of passage Report\u2019&nbsp;Australian Gambling Research Centre<\/em><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms\/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Faus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com.mcas.ms%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmedia.greens.org.au%252Ft%252Fy-l-mhlhhkd-diijkutdg-d%252F%26data%3D05%257C02%257Cjake.wishart%2540aph.gov.au%257C621e1d26fc234597a14e08dcd52e1a32%257Cf6214c153a9947d1b862c9648e927316%257C0%257C0%257C638619641209006950%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3D4fx2u%252F%252B7Perah%252Fg4SJX2ExnNF5bZ5jSaPX1jZ5n%252FeN4%253D%26reserved%3D0%26McasTsid%3D20893&amp;McasCSRF=0574c06dc08ac6d0e001fe60cd4d2b8d9d2fcf45fdc57b940b32ac8eb67bae07\">Gambling losses in Australia have jumped to $32b<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>new&nbsp;<em>Queensland Government&nbsp;<\/em>data,&nbsp;reported today in Guardian, up from $25b pre-covid<ul><li>Australians&nbsp;now lose $1,555 per capita, up from $1,395 in 2021-22<\/li><li>Australians&nbsp;lose more to gambling than any other nation on earth&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is Greens spokesperson for Communications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This new data shows gambling is becoming a rite of passage for young people, and it&#8217;s fuelled by the ads rammed down our throats during footy finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Australians and young people are losing: 1\/3 young gamblers started before the age of 18, and losses across the board for all ages have jumped to $32b nationally. We lose more per capita than any nation on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The public have had enough of the excuses and the political donations. The Government is dragging the chain and every delay is putting our kids in harm\u2019s way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Labor have buckled to the bookies and the public expect better.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;With footy finals here now and gambling ads dominating, we could vote to ban the ads this week in the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Labor and Liberal need to decide which side they are on &#8211; the bookies or Australians families?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Greens will move in the Senate this week to ban gambling ads in line with the Peta Murphy recommendations, amending the&nbsp;Regional Broadcasting Continuity Bill.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Greens say new research showing&nbsp;1\/3 young gamblers started before the age of 18&nbsp;is a wake up call for Labor and Liberal to back the ban on gambling ads. Seperate research also shows&nbsp;gambling losses in Australia have&nbsp;jumped to $32b per year.&nbsp;The Senate returns tomorrow and will face a Greens amendment to ban gambling ads. Key &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/09\/15\/1-3-young-gamblers-started-under-18-as-ad-ban-bill-hits-senate\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;1\/3 young gamblers started under-18 as ad ban bill hits Senate&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29104,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29103\/revisions\/29104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}