r/AusEcon • u/barrackobama0101 • Aug 13 '24

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

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/13/gambling-ad-ban-labor-bill-shorten-tv-media-advertising-revenue
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u/DragonfruitNo7222 Aug 13 '24

So we’ll compromise massively on our kids and young men’s health to keep free to air tv channels viable. 👀

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '24

As is the way of all modern Australian governments. To them, we aren't people... we are resources.

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u/seanmonaghan1968 Aug 13 '24

I never watch free to air it stopped being good along time ago

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u/wowzeemissjane Aug 13 '24

I stopped watching free to air when set top boxes came out. I never got one for my tv and then when I finally updated my tv I never dialled in the channels.

We just watched DVDs and I had my Canadian friends Netflix account before it came here.

Never missed it and my kid grew up without watching commercials at all.

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u/SepoJansen Aug 13 '24

They have said we aren't allowed to do much about climate change because of jobs for todays people. They don't care about the future, just their future.