Responding to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's announcement on gambling ad reform at the Nation Press Club today, Greens spokesperson for communications Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said:
"The Prime Minister has caved to the gambling lobby.
"Gambling ads will continue to flood online and blanket digital apps, ads linked to sport will stay on TV, and there's no National Regulator to hold the gambling lobby accountable.
"It's weak and gutless and leaves young Australians to be groomed by the gambling predators.
"This proposal is riddled with loopholes that will benefit the gambling companies and allow them to continue their insidious targeting.
"Genuine gambling reform has to take aim at the industry's most harmful practices - including their predatory online advertising and inducements.
"What has been outlined today by the Prime Minister does not match the scale of reform desperately needed to take on the vultures in the gambling industry.
"Online platforms are now the frontline of gambling promotion, with younger Australians increasingly exposed. The only way to tackle this insidious industry head on is with a complete ban on gambling ads.
"The Greens will work through the details when we see the legislation and push for the protection Australian families deserve - but this announcement today doesn't touch the sides."
