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Tuesday 23 January 2024
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By-election in March VOTERS will head to the polls for the Dunkley by-election on 2 March. The campaign is ramping up, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visiting Frankston on Thursday to meet with Dunkley candidate Jodie Belyea and Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke (pictured). See story page 3. Picture: Brodie Cowburn
Murphy’s gambling report ‘considered’ - PM Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au THE federal government will “consider” the recommendations of a gambling inquiry chaired by former Dunkley MP Peta Murphy, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says. The inquiry into online gambling harm chaired by Murphy published its final report in June 2023. Six months on, the federal government has not committed to implementing all of its
31 recommendations. Last week Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters in Frankston that the federal government would consider the recommendations, but did not commit to taking action on all of them. “The federal government commits to considering all of the recommendations that are in the report, which is what we do. We give consideration to that - we know that gambling has a real impact on people in this area and right around. You need to make
sure that governments are cognisant of that, but I do pay tribute to the work that Peta Murphy did as chair of that committee,” Albanese said. “She was concerned about the law, about health, about education, about gambling, about cost of living issues in this community.” The 31 recommendations contained in the final “You win some you lose more” report included a ban on online gambling advertising, stronger consumer protections for licensed online gambling, a crackdown on illegal
gambling websites, and a legislated duty of care. After the report’s release Peta Murphy said “gambling advertising and simulated gambling through video games is grooming children and young people to gamble and encourages riskier behaviour. The torrent of advertising is inescapable. It is manipulating an impressionable and vulnerable audience to gamble online.” “A phased, comprehensive ban on online gambling advertising is recommended within three years. This will
give major sports and broadcasters time to find alternative advertisers and sponsors, while preventing another generation from experiencing escalating gambling harm,” she said. Murphy died in December last year. A by-election to fill her seat will take place on 2 March - Labor has selected Women’s Spirit Project founder Jodie Belyea to be its candidate and the Liberals have preselected Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy. Continued page 4
