Independent MPs call for conscience vote on gambling ad ban
Paul Karp
The independent MPs Andrew Wilkie and Rebekha Sharkie have released a letter to the prime minister and opposition leader in which they call for a conscience vote on gambling ads.
Sharkie told reporters in Canberra that gambling is an issue of “faith and morality” and the call for a free vote “will sit well with many Labor MPs” who face being “banished” from their party if they cross the floor.
Wilkie said that…