Labor dropped their long-awaited gambling report on budget day. Were they betting no one would notice?
Key takeaways
- Many questions about how exactly gambling bans will be enforced and what the rules will require of operators and advertisers, are still to be decided.
- The Labor government decided to release its contentious, much-delayed response to Peta Murphy’s report on gambling on one of the biggest political news days of the year.
- They dropped it while the nation’s federal political journalists were trapped in budget lockup.
Why this matters: a developing story that could shape the day's news cycle.
Many questions about how exactly gambling bans will be enforced and what the rules will require of operators and advertisers, are still to be decided. Illustration: Nash Weerasekera/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Many questions about how exactly gambling bans will be enforced and what the rules will require of operators and advertisers, are still to be decided. Illustration: Nash Weerasekera/The Guardian Gambling Analysis Labor dropped their long-awaited gambling report on budget day. Were they betting no one would notice?Josh ButlerThe government’s response to the Murphy report is hardly dynamite. Harm advocates, gambling operators and advertisers are all waiting to see whether Labor’s rhetoric will be matched by action
The Labor government decided to release its contentious, much-delayed response to Peta Murphy’s report on gambling on one of the biggest political news days of the year.
They dropped it while the nation’s federal political journalists were trapped in budget lockup.