By The Weekly Edge desk ·
NEXT.io reported that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the Labor caucus he was confident gambling reform would pass with bipartisan backing. He presented the reforms as a strengthening of regulation.
The statement signals government efforts to secure cross-party approval for gambling reform.
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