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Free-to-air TV in ‘diabolical trouble’ and needs gambling ads to stay afloat, Bill Shorten says

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Bill Shorten says free-to-air media is in diabolical trouble’ and many need gambling ad revenue to stay afloat.

Shorten said he was “not convinced that complete prohibition works’ Under Labor proposal gambling ads would be banned online, in children’s programming, during live sports broadcasts and an hour either side, but limited to two an hour in general TV programming.

The proposal has angered health advocates, the cross-bench and its own backbench MPs.

He said he believed “in having a free-to-air media sector” and did not want “ Mark Zuckerberg or Facebook in charge of my news feeds He’s not even paying the Australian media.” On Thursday , Anthony Albanese confirmed the government was also considering a social media levy to compensate traditional media companies for loss of revenue from Facebook’s parent company, Meta , not renewing deals with media companies for showing news in social media feeds..

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