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Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGambling reform should be centred on opt-in system, not opt-out, shadow minister saysSimon Kennedy, the shadow assistant minister to the leader of the opposition, says “absolute madness” to impose an opt-out system to gambling ads and it should in fact be an opt-in system for Australians who are interested in such content.Josh said he’s going to opt out. So he’s going to have to opt out of Seven plus, Nine now, 10 play, Kayo. He’s going to have to opt out on Google for when he’s [making a] Google search. He’s going to have to opt out on Spotify, on the Guardian, on the Australian, on The Daily Telegraph … on Chat GPT, on Claude, on Gemini, on Spotify, on TikTok, on Snapchat.They seriously want us to opt out on all of those to avoid gambling ads. And we have to digitally identify ourselves. It’s absolute madness. Continue reading...