Rowland wins some, loses more in gambling advertising debate
Pointless non-disclosure agreements, an agitated backbench – miscalculations have marred long-overdue reform to wagering advertising rules.
Sitting down at a conference table in a windowless room in Parliament House late on Thursday, Gambling Reform Alliance chief advocate Tim Costello was hoping for answers.
It had been two weeks since AFR Weekend reported that media companies, bookmakers and the AFL and NRL – the two players with the most clout – had been summoned to secret briefings on the government’s proposed response to a bipartisan parliamentary inquiry recommendation to ban all gambling ads.
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