News broke across Australian media networks this weekend that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese would push back settling gambling advertising reforms to 2025. The delay was attributed to opposition from the media and sports, who depend heavily on revenue from gambling advertisements.
As it stands, the government has yet to present its definitive proposal on gambling advertising reforms to be implemented as federal law as Labor has insufficient time to finalise and pass the legislation in 2024.
Pledged in its 2022 General Election manifesto, the Labor government has faced severe criticism for failing to address gambling advertising reforms, regarded as the most critical recommendation of the Murphy Report, submitted in 2023.
The late Labor MP Peta Murphy, who led the federal inquiry into gambling reforms, stated in her final report: “Australia must act decisively to ..