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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Jasper Lindell

Gambling showdown looms: Labor MPs now urging govt to get tougher on gambling

Deputy Chief Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith has backed a federal backbencher's call for Labor to strengthen its gambling harm prevention laws in a break from the party's national position.

Alicia Payne, Labor's federal member for Canberra, on Friday said she supported an opt-in approach to gambling advertising and had been pushing in caucus for a tougher approach to the "predatory" industry that was designed to addict people.

ACT Deputy Chief Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith. Picture by Keegan Carroll
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