Tim Costello shocks the Senate after revealing a young man in prison who had his life turned upside down from gambling was being offered drugs & escorts by TAB & SportsBet as inducements “He was given escorts” & “asked, ‘what drugs you like?’” And we’re still just debating ads?

She’s used to avoiding questioning by obscurity, unless she instigates a stunt. Now that she’s getting broader exposure she’s cracking under the constant pressure…she is incoherent at best with a laughable “policy” suite and the dregs of humanity as her candidates…

Credit to the media who were there and pushed this point.

The rest of MSM should boycott future press conferences until they are re-included. Without publicity, her campaign will fail. Note #MEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social

Well at least the press found their spine and challenged her. #auspol

Pauline Hanson flees her own custom-curated presser. With ABC & Guardian banned, & far-right criminal Avi Yemini running interference, still can’t handle questions, even from Sky “Shouldn't all media have access...?"💥 Not even sidekick Avi could save her from total humiliation.

Well said Sarah, if your lot weren't so demanding at times, merging with Labor wouldn't be such a bad idea, perhaps we could get some genuine momentum for serious urgent climate action.

Sarah Hanson-Young unloads on Pauline Hanson for running scared & banning media from her presser “What a coward”💥 Says regional Victorian voters who rely on the ABC should “tell her to get stuffed” at the ballot box in November.🔥 #auspol

This situation is ridiculous. We can ban words and protest but I can’t block gambling ads on YouTube.

They're paid to implement the laws the politicians pass. Labor know what they should do, the Murphy report gave them excellent advice, but Albanese prefers to let the parasitic gambling companies destroy more and more lives. #AusPol

@albomp.bsky.social cannot curb his addiction to donations from gambling lobbyists. Like felon47 he doesn't care about the social and economic costs that these greedy companies cause.

The policy was made at a pay-per-seat dinner at the last Labor fund raiser. Nothing further to add. Who needs 'experts'?

Taxpayers pay an advisory committee that gives no advice .

I have alot of respect for Sarah Hanson-Young she is ABOVE of all the rest. She is someone who would have my back.

What's the point of ACMA if they don't provide advice. Especially unprompted advice. Sounds like it should be scrapped and replaced by people who know the job that should be done and what the public expects.

The state of the #public service in Canberra is shocking. Is it infiltrated, trained by Jillian Segal or just totally unaccountable due to the failed NACC?

Sarah Hanson-Young left gobsmacked as ACMA admits they provide no policy advice on gambling ads, or how to tackle the harm of inducements, bcoz it’s a “matter of policy - for govt” SHY “But policy is based on advice...”💥 Not just toothless, also muzzled.

What we increasingly see at the big end of town is that the people driving the bus make poor ethical decisions. Why? Because they are personally rewarded by return to shareholders not being good corporate citizens. Capitalism needs strong guardrails to control this tendancy

Well, we all know that gambling organisations are practically criminal organisations we know that

You have a better chance finding an ethical drug dealer than an ethical online gambling company. Both deal in addiction.

Parasites . www.afr.com/politics/fed...

Meet the lobbyists aiming to keep the gambling dollars rolling in

With the Albanese government’s gambling ad policy still up in the air, the Financial Review looked at who’s been hitting the corridors of power for sports betting firms.

afr.com

Well msm(like the sporting industry) makes money from gambling advertising, so yeah, they’re complicit really and their ‘journos’ want to keep their jobs. It’s all so entangled. Thank goodness for Greens and some Indies. Senate Estimates is the only blood sport I rather enjoy!

If only the msm reporters had the fortitude to ask the questions we all want answers to. Senator Hanson Young shows them how it's done.

Ha. Spot on. I hate gambling. I’d ban it if I could.

It’s been said elsewhere; “the only thing the gambling industry ‘makes’ is poor people”.

What a scumbag industry.

So many big companies proving to be unethical ar the most basic levels. Most of us are powerless to fight them for our basic rights

This is an industry that shouldn't be in business.

These are the utter toe rags that @albomp.bsky.social is protecting.

Sarah Hanson-Young savages Sportsbet GM Jules Norton Selzer after he refuses to answer whether they've ever returned money to victims after it’s found to have been stolen. SHY “I have to take that as a No”💥 Is it because they thrive on criminal money? Shocking.