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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Daniel Hurst

‘A total cop-out’ if Albanese government refuses blanket ban on gambling ads, Pocock says

Independent Senator David Pocock
Independent senator David Pocock says there is support to implement the Murphy review recommendations in full, ‘not some watered-down policy to appease the gambling industry’. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The Albanese government has been accused of “a total cop-out” and lacking political courage after reports it is likely to stop short of introducing a blanket ban on gambling advertising.

The independent senator David Pocock said the government appeared to be pursuing a “watered down policy to appease the gambling industry”, while the crossbench MP Zoe Daniel slammed what she saw as a “half-hearted, half-arsed” proposal.

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