Media fury as Albanese government flirts with $400m fast food ad ban

Major media companies reeling from the prospect of losing $300 million in advertising revenue from a government crackdown on gambling advertising now face an even more expensive blow from a possible ban on junk food ads.

The groups representing the multi-billion dollar television industry and Australia’s biggest advertisers have slammed an early study that explored banning or significantly limiting “unhealthy food” promotion as lacking evidence and unfairly targeting marketing over other factors.