00:02Mark Kempster hasn't placed a bet in years, but the reformed addict still struggles with his demons.
00:10I've got to tell my son why we can't watch Collingwood live on TV because I'm afraid of having to
00:15see gambling ads and looking after my own mental health.
00:17But a full ban on gambling ads won't be seen.
00:21I feel like the government's completely turned their back on me and everyone else is going through harm.
00:25Nearly three years since a landmark inquiry by late Labor MP Peter Murphy.
00:31You win some, you lose more.
00:33The Commonwealth plays its hand.
00:35Key to its reforms, a ban on betting ads in the daytime, on online keynote and on celebrities being used
00:43in promotion.
00:44What the Prime Minister's recommended is only a half measure, a timid response.
00:49It doesn't solve the problem of protecting kids.
00:52For years, Australia's online gambling industry has been regulated by six people in Darwin.
00:58That won't change for now.
01:01That is really a total fail.
01:04Accusations the Commonwealth's tried to bury its response on Budget Day.
01:08This is a grim day for this country.
01:11Made all the more grim by the way the government can act so cynically and try and bury it and
01:17hope that no one notices.
01:18The Prime Minister's urging Parliament to back the reforms and is taking a punt that a wary Australian public will
01:27too.
01:27Let's do it.
01:28Let's do it.
01:28Let's do it.
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