Labor’s hand-picked panel of domestic violence experts say the government must pursue a total ban on gambling advertising and introduce stronger pokies regulation if it wants to get serious about protecting women, after community uproar over the spate of female killings earlier this year.
Tougher restrictions on alcohol sales and online delivery hours should also apply to the entire Australian population, not just Indigenous communities, given there is strong evidence that alcohol makes men’s violence against women more frequent and severe.
Dr Anne Summers was on the expert panel that said the government should ban gambling ads, crack down on pokie machines and rein in alcohol promotions. Credit: Danielle Smith
The recommendations from an emergency review that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese commissioned in Maydeliver Labor a list of responses it can act on in its pledge to end violence …