This weekend, the Alliance for Gambling Reform (AGR) launched a campaign targeting the shareholders of Australian TV networks to support a blanket ban on gambling advertising.
The campaign is led by the ‘chief advocate’, Reverend Tim Costello, who is the brother of Nine’s former Chairman, Peter Costello, as gambling advertising conflicts turn into family affair.
The campaign urges shareholders of Nine and Seven West Media (SWM) to bring forward a resolution for a blanket ban on gambling advertising to be voted on at the broadcasters’ upcoming AGMs.
The AGR states that it requires 100 shareholders to mobilise and propose its shareholder resolution to Nine and SWM as a matter of ethical investing and shareholder advocacy.
The investors and boards of Nine and SWM will decide whether to end all gambling advertising across the broadcasters’ networks, includ..