What do we know about Labor’s gambling advertising reform? Not much, thanks to obsessive secrecy

This article is an instalment in a new series, Punted, on the government’s failure to reform gambling advertising.

What do we know about the federal government’s plans to restrict gambling advertising? Not much, so far — partly because the process is being conducted in secret. 

The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Sunday that Labor was eyeing a cap of two gambling ads per hour on each channel until 10pm, and a ban on ads an hour before and after live sporting coverage. The story cited five unnamed sources who were granted anonymity “because the government has only briefed people who signed legal undertakings to maintain secrecy”.