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Australia politics live: Coalition MPs cross floor in protest against gambling bill; Liberals target Labor on housing crisis in question time

The Guardian Australia - Australian Politics · 18 August 2026 at 3:10 pm

Australia politics live: Coalition MPs cross floor in protest against gambling bill; Liberals target Labor on housing crisis in question time

Greens spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young says opt-out system doesn’t acknowledge ‘how the internet actually works.

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Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has claimed Labor’s proposal to let Australians opt-out of all gambling ads online doesn’t account for how the internet works.

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