Labor could shelve gambling bill rather than accept major changes

Labor would consider shelving its proposed crackdown on gambling advertising rather than agree to substantially change the bill, leaving advocates at risk of ending up empty-handed.

The Albanese government's draft legislation is currently friendless in the parliament, with the Coalition, Greens and crossbenchers all calling for sweeping amendments aimed at further protecting children and vulnerable Australians from gambling harms.

But a senior Labor source has told the ABC that while the government was open to changes to secure passage of the bill in the Senate, it would not be entertaining major rewrites.

In this instance they said the bill would more likely be pulled and existing restrictions left in place.

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