‘I mean, people can draw the dots’: Hanson-Young says gambling donations behind soft stance on betting ads

Greens spokesperson for communications, Sarah Hanson-Young, has questioned whether the government’s failure to implement gambling advertising restrictions is due to political donations received from the industry.

The Greens offered to support a partial ban on sports betting advertisements, after the Labor Government dragged its feet on its commitment to restrict gambling advertising.

The Greens have previously pushed for an outright ban — in line with the recommendations from the 2023 bipartisan parliamentary committee — but Hanson-Young wrote to Communications Minister Michelle Rowland offering to soften their Ban Gambling Ads bill, in order to reach a compromise.