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Liberal MP Simon Kennedy has called on his party to take stronger action against gambling advertising, arguing the federal government's planned restrictions do not go far enough to protect Australians from gambling harm. In interviews with triple j hack and 7.30, Kennedy drew on his personal experience with gambling addiction to urge colleagues to resist pressure from gambling and television lobbyists.

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ABC Australia reported Kennedy's criticism in two separate pieces. The first focused on his personal story and his plea for his party to act as lobbyists for gambling victims, while the second highlighted a specific loophole in the proposed legislation that would allow gambling ads during live sport events streamed online. Both reports framed the government's proposal as inadequate, but they emphasized different aspects of the criticism.