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Labor’s draft policy platform waters down rather than scraps its longheld opposition to mandatory jail sentences

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Updated document also commits party to cracking down on inducements for online gambling, putting pressure on Albanese government to toughen reforms

Labor will water down its opposition to mandatory jail sentences but has abandoned an earlier draft of its policy platform that would have seen the party scrap its longheld stance entirely.

The draft platform obtained by Guardian Australia also commits Labor to cracking down on inducements for online wagering, putting pressure on the Albanese government to toughen up its proposed reforms to gambling advertising.

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