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The parties are considering taking joint action to push through a bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- The Australian Greens and Coalition are reportedly considering joining forces to push for limits on gambling ads. While the government is waiting for the results of its inquiry into online gambling<\/a>, the Greens have introduced a private members’ that would restrict gambling ads an hour before and after sports matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, gambling harm advocates raise concerns that restricting ads during certain hours may simply result in their concentration during certain periods or via alternative media channels. Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has voiced a desire to go further, advocating for a comprehensive ban on gambling ads on television<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Costello<\/strong>, chief advocate for the Alliance for Gambling Reform, told The Guardian that wagering companies will find ways to circumvent the restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The parties are considering taking joint action to push through a bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":22668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Australian Greens and Coalition are reportedly considering joint legislative action to impose stricter limits on gambling advertisements, potentially restricting them around sports broadcasts. While a government inquiry into online gambling is ongoing, advocates express concerns that such restrictions might merely shift ad concentration or channels, prompting calls for a comprehensive ban.","focusai_entities":"Australian Greens, Coalition, Sarah Hanson-Young, Tim Costello, Alliance for Gambling Reform, The Guardian","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.9), marketing_crm (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact Assessment","query":"What specific economic modelling or impact assessments have been conducted by the Australian government or industry bodies regarding the potential GGR\/NGR implications of a comprehensive gambling advertising ban?"},{"label":"Operator Strategic Shift","query":"How are major iGaming operators in Australia preparing to pivot their customer acquisition and retention strategies to mitigate the impact of potential advertising restrictions, particularly concerning B2C licensing obligations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[23911,233],"class_list":["post-777006537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777006537"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777006566,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006537\/revisions\/777006566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777006537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777006537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777006537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}