Billi FitzSimons

And good morning.

This is the Daily Oz.

Oh, now it makes sense.

Good morning and welcome to The Daily Oz.

It's Tuesday the 14th of April.

I'm Billie Fitzsimons.

I'm Zara Seidler.

In case you missed it, the federal government announced it intends to introduce a ban on several forms of gambling ads.

It will mean no gambling ads on players' uniforms, in stadiums or with celebrities.

But there has been a lot of criticism about it.

We'll tell you what you need to know about the new reforms and why they have been so controversial in today's podcast.

But before we get there, here is a quick message from TDA's new news editor, Adela.

It was earlier this month.

Yeah, every time we have spoken about gambling on the podcast over the years, it always shocks me the fact that Australia has the highest gambling losses per person in the world.

So we are the worst in the world when it comes to gambling and that is why it is such a huge issue and why there has been so much pressure on the government, not just the government today but on governments in the past as well,

to act on limiting how much gambling ads there are out there.

And also what's surprising to learn is that New South Wales in particular has the worst losses per capita in Australia, which therefore means in the world.

So I have it in front of me.

So a report published by the government in 2023 says recent estimates suggest that Australians lose approximately $25 billion on legal forms of gambling every year, which represents the largest per capita losses in the world, as I said.

So I would say it's been on the agenda for a long time, for many, many years.