is urging the government to fix a gap in the law that allows alcohol to be advertised during children’s television programs when streamed rather than using a traditional TV aerial.
“Advertising beer during the Wiggles and Grey Goose during Lego Masters is way out of step with community expectations,” Pocock said. The ACT senator has proposed closing the loophole through an amendment to communications legislation due to be debated in parliament this week. But the Coalition’s position on Pocock’s amendment is unclear and the government is opposing it. A spokesperson for the communications minister, Michelle Rowland, said the bill currently before parliament was the wrong place to address the issue.
It noted the exemption for broadcast-on-demand apps meant that as the complainant had viewed the Lego Masters program on the 9Now app, it was not in breach.