Independent senator David Pocock has recounted stories of young men he says have confided in him about their gambling addiction. The senator says numerous young men have opened up to him about the losses and the shame they feel and how 'damn hard it is to actually deal with it when you're getting bombarded with ads. Bombarded.' Pocock's speech in the Senate comes 1,000 days after Peta Murphy's landmark report calling for the banning of gambling advertisements. 'A thousand days ago you were given the blueprint, a multipartisan-backed report saying this is what we need to do,' Pocock says, adding, 'the Albanese government has failed Australians when it comes to banning gambling advertising'
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