[qzervaas]

For some context: there was a Government politician (Peta Murphy) who had broad support for a ban/restrictions on gambling ads, who passed away while in office in December 2023.

Since then all that talk went away and there’s been 2 years of this social media ban.

Surely a coincidence.

[edit: not a senator, a member of the House of Reps]

[rainonmoon]

David Pocock is still beating the drum on this issue.

[tomhow]

Not a senator, a member of the federal House of Reps (she was my local member, in fact).

I do think this is all a bit of a conspiracy theory. There was support for the ban from many quarters in politics, media, parent groups etc due to widespread mental health issues among teenagers. And state governments are still doing plenty to try and mitigate problem gambling (whilst also relying heavily on taxes from gambling).

[rainonmoon]

> which is the usual fare for Crikey

Just for anyone else reading this, Crikey is an extremely reputable source of original reporting and not some conspiracy rag.