The coalition is moving to protect families from gambling ads with Coalition frontbencher Senator Sarah Henderson introducing a private senator’s bill to ban gambling ads during live sport and one hour on either side of the match.
“Footy time is family time, and family time is precious, too precious, to have it swamped by a rising tide of gambling ads, ” said Henderson in parliament on June 21.
“The community wants this, and they expect the representatives to act.”
The move by the Senator follows Opposition Leader Peter Dutton stating in his Budget Reply Speech in May that the gambling ad ban was an important part of the coalition’s policy program….