2hago 11.46 AEDT
Liberals team up with Labor against Greens and Nationals to
block Senate inquiry into gambling ads
Despite the Greens, Nationals and independents voting for an inquiry into
gambling advertising in the Senate, it was defeated 19 votes to 29 with Labor
and the Liberals teaming up to vote it down.
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hago 11.40 AEDT
Nationals vote with Greens for gambling ads inquiry
In the Senate, the Greens senator, Sarah Hanson-Young is trying to get up an
inquiry on legislation to ban gambling ads.
Hanson-Young said she expected both Labor and the Liberals to vote against
it, calling out Labor for continuing not to act on the Peta Murphy report on
gambling advertising.
However, since the split of the Coalition, Nationals senator Matt Canavan
indicated the Nationals would vote for it. He said he thought the Greens were
going too far in calling to ban things, but the Nationals supported the
scrutiny of parliament.
As the division in the Senate gets under way, the Nationals senators are
sitting with the Greens and independent senator David Pocock, while
Liberals and Labor sit together to vote against it.
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