Tag Archives: Mitch Fifeld

Australia Turnbull government implements pre-watershed sports betting ban

SBC News Australia Turnbull government implements pre-watershed sports betting ban

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed that his government will move to ban all gambling-related advertisements and marketing during live sports broadcasts aired before a watershed of 8:30 pm. PM Turnbull informed the media of the blanket ban pre-watershed, which is set to cover all verticals including TV, radio and Internet. Australian horse racing will be exempt from the …

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Australian sports stakeholders take stance against ban on betting advertising during sports broadcasts

SBC News Australian sports stakeholders take stance against ban on betting advertising during sports broadcasts

Australian sports stakeholders are preparing to launch a fightback against the mandate put forward to the Malcolm Turnbull government which sets out to ban gambling advertising during sports broadcasts on all media verticals. This week Australian pro-sports executives were warned by Communications Minister Mitch Fifield that its restrictive gambling advertising mandate had been put forward to the cabinet for review, …

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‘Siren to Siren’…Australian government set to ban betting advertising during sports broadcasts

SBC News ‘Siren to Siren’...Australian government set to ban betting advertising during sports broadcasts

The Australian Newspaper has reported that Australia’s federal government will move to ban all betting/gambling advertising during sports broadcasts as early as next week. It is understood, that Communications Minister Mitch Fifeld will introduce a mandate to the government calling for a ‘siren to siren’ (start to finish) ban on all forms of gambling marketing during sports broadcasts on any …

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