David Pocock

I went through the process of opting out and it's actually a lot harder to do than you think or that it should be.

And so I just don't understand why you're

For something that is a public health issue, that you're just putting the onus on parents and Australians to have to opt out on every service to Nazi gambling ads.

It's a patchy ban.

It's not the response we needed, but the legislation hasn't passed.

I think there's an opportunity for Australians to ramp up the pressure on their local

member or senator who's meant to be representing them here in Parliament House.

And the crossbench is certainly going to be putting a lot of pressure on both major parties.

Well, we're already seeing it there.

What's happened in the past is that when you block off certain times or one type of media, that money just shifts and you just see so much more.

And we've just been so saturated with gambling ads.

that three out of four young people now think that gambling is just a normal part of enjoying sport.

And as a former professional athlete, I've benefited so much from sport.

It was such a big part of my life.

I learned so much about myself, had so many great opportunities and absolutely loved it.

And one of the things that Peter Murphy warns about in her forward to the, you win some, you lose more report, was that we really risk detracting what

from what sport is actually about we are undermining this thing that so many australians love by gambling attaching itself to sport so you know there's a lot of there's a lot at stake here and that's exactly why we need a phased in gambling ad ban

you know, losses in revenue for free-to-air, for grassroots sport.

We're a very wealthy country.

We could slug these companies with a 1.5% levy or something more than compensate that.