{"id":38299,"date":"2026-04-03T09:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=38299"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:09:11","slug":"labor-has-squibbed-it-on-gambling-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/labor-has-squibbed-it-on-gambling-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor has squibbed it on gambling reform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Responding to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese\u2019s announcement on gambling ad reform at the Nation Press Club today,&nbsp;<em>Greens spokesperson for communications Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said:&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Prime Minister has caved to the gambling lobby.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGambling ads will continue to flood online and blanket digital apps, ads linked to sport will stay on TV, and there\u2019s no National Regulator to hold the gambling lobby accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s weak and gutless and leaves young Australians to be groomed by the gambling predators.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis proposal is riddled with loopholes that will benefit the gambling companies and allow them to continue their insidious targeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGenuine gambling reform has to take aim at the industry\u2019s most harmful practices &#8211; including their predatory online advertising and inducements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat has been outlined today by the Prime Minister does not match the scale of reform desperately needed to take on the vultures in the gambling industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnline platforms are now the frontline of gambling promotion, with younger Australians increasingly exposed. The only way to tackle this insidious industry head on is with a complete ban on gambling ads.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Greens will work through the details when we see the legislation and push for the protection Australian families deserve &#8211; but this announcement today doesn\u2019t touch the sides.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese\u2019s announcement on gambling ad reform at the Nation Press Club today,&nbsp;Greens spokesperson for communications Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said:&nbsp; \u201cThe Prime Minister has caved to the gambling lobby.&nbsp; \u201cGambling ads will continue to flood online and blanket digital apps, ads linked to sport will stay on TV, and there\u2019s no &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/labor-has-squibbed-it-on-gambling-reform\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Labor has squibbed it on gambling reform&#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-38299","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\/38299","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=38299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38300,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38299\/revisions\/38300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}