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Afternoon Update: Labor and Coalition strike gambling deal; fallout continues from Sydney Swans Melbourne incident; and restaurant of the year

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Afternoon Update: Labor and Coalition strike gambling deal; fallout continues from Sydney Swans Melbourne incident; and restaurant of the year

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The Labor party room has given the go-ahead to the gambling reform deal made with the Coalition, and plans to restrict gambling advertisements will pass into law later this week after three days of marathon parliamentary sittings.

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