The Murphy inquiry suggested bookmakers were grooming children with ads online, but Labor’s new social media ban on under-16s is viewed as a solution because it would, in principle, limit their exposure to such advertising online.

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    10 hours ago

    This might be U.S.-defaultism here, but I’d be surprised if it is different in Australia:

    Unless they’re going to ban minors from watching live sports on TV/streaming, not sure this will even have the intended effect. I have to buffer and fast-forward through breaks to avoid a full-on assault from gambling ads.