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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Ads for online gambling should be banned in Australia within three years, inquiry recommends

Peta Murphy in parliament
House of Representatives social policy and legal affairs committee chair Peta Murphy. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Ads for online gambling should be banned across all media and at all times within three years to combat the manipulation of an “impressionable and vulnerable audience”, a parliamentary inquiry has recommended.

After months of debate about betting ads, including the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, labelling them “annoying” and the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, calling for a ban on ads during sports matches, the inquiry has provided a blueprint to shut them down entirely.

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