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Minister, will the cost recovery levy also cover compliance with the ad ban? Is that what you're saying?

I only have a few questions left, and a couple on the ACMA. Your own impact analysis said that this partial ba…

Please could you table that for the Senate.

So, Minister, just for the record, are lotteries more harmful than wagering products?

We need to get the balance right.

If we stop gambling ads, if we stop your kids seeing gambling ads, people are going to go to illegal offshore…

I used that argument all the time when I was lobbying. I was the main lobbyist in Ireland. I knew all the poli…

Prime Minister said:

Why would you allow the gambling companies to help develop the risk indicators? Surely, you're going to the ex…

It almost sounds like you're making the case for a national regulator here. After all the evidence that the Mu…

It is a bit of a concern that you don't even know that. Maybe I'll answer for you—yes, they are. Under the NT…

Minister—or minister Henderson; credit where credit's due!—I've got a question about this flagging of customer…

Minister, this sounds a lot less like a break and more like a hairline fracture with sport where we'll get rid…

It doesn't seem like the government's very clear about the aims. We hear these talking points that you read ou…

Well, that's also an aim,

We're aiming to do that, but we have no evidence to do that.

So, Minister, what evidence is there that three ads per hour will stop the normalisation of gambling amongst A…

Thank you for clarifying that, Minister. So getting the balance right is allowing 160,000 Australian children,…

Minister, just to clarify, it's the government's view that 160,000 children per night, on average, is an accep…

Well, we don't have that data.

I'm really glad you've mentioned that, because the department's own analysis of OzTAM data shows that, on aver…

So it's about reducing exposure and not actually stopping the normalisation of gambling amongst our children.…

Minister, it's concerning to hear that the ACMA is going to be the one enforcing this. I don't know if you wer…

by leave—in respect of the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026, I move amendments (1) t…

If you sustain an injury in service to this country, then we're only going to pay to fix some of it.

Just as our veterans and defence personnel step up for our country, we have an obligation to step up for them.

Please don't take any further action that is going to be detrimental to our health

Thanks, Senator Scarr. I think the key point with this is that under this legislation—and we've always been ve…

Senator Scarr, I don't know if you were here when Senator David Pocock went to some of these matters around fr…

I can say that it would be appropriate for the SBS to be subject to the same rules as its competitors. In term…

My understanding is that the ABC does not show ads of any type but that the SBS do show ads, as they operate o…

Thanks for the high praise, Senator Hanson-Young. The TEMPORARY CHAIR e5x Do we have any oth…

I'm sure the Minister for Communications has been very busy and focused on getting this legislation through th…

You're completely wrong, Senator Hanson-Young. I've listened to your commentary on this matter for a couple of…

We obviously have a different approach as part of this bill, but we believe it will be incredibly effective in…

That is my understanding—that they are licensed by states and territories. But I would reiterate the strong pr…

I'll leave commentary on the Northern Territory commission to the Northern Territory parliament, as they're th…

I can only reiterate what I said before. We're talking about Commonwealth law. We're in the federal parliament…

I'll leave commentary on the Northern Territory regulator to the Northern Territory government. ACMA will moni…

Unless they offer a triple lock.

My understanding is that if the AFL wanted to show wagering advertising, they would have to offer a triple-loc…

My understanding is that the AFL website would have to provide the option of the triple-lock system for all us…

If they wanted to see gambling ads, they'd have to be age assured— Senator CHISHOLM 39801 Ju…

My understanding, Senator Hanson-Young, is they'd be required to be triple locked.

I'll see if we can find access to it and provide it.

I might be able to provide some helpful information, Senator Pocock. My understanding is that part of those nu…

Thanks, Senator Pocock. No, I'm unable to help you on that, but I do know that the legislation before us tonig…

No, I don't believe that's the case, Senator Pocock, and it's always very difficult to respond to questions li…

I think when you look at the history of these matters and how impactful they've been—it's always hard to respo…

What is absolutely in no doubt is that this law strengthens the role that ACMA can play, which is the appropri…

I mentioned that I talked through what was in the bill and that the minister, by legislative instrument, may d…

This will be a new system at the Commonwealth level that will ensure consistency for gambling companies. We be…

I just want to table a correction to the revised explanatory memorandum relating to the Interactive Gambling A…

The list I read out before is some of the specifics that are contained in the bill itself. Further indicators…

To provide a bit more of an example that might be helpful, Sarah Hanson-Young, that is being prepared—escalati…

Thanks, Senator Hanson-Young. All I can do is reiterate the points I made before. The government will set the…

Thanks, Senator Pocock. I disagree with your assessment of the reforms. I think they are meaningful. They will…

Thanks, Senator Pocock, for the question. I think there are a number of key areas where this applies. The ban…

The overall goal was to reduce advertising, and that's what this bill does. It does it across, as I mentioned…

As I said, we think this gets the balance right in ensuring that fewer ads will be available. The frequency ca…

In my view, they're about doing both. That's substantially what we've tried to achieve, through this package,…

So 8.30 pm is the watershed that the broadcasters currently subscribe to under the rules. That was part of the…

As I explained before, Senator Pocock, the OzTAM data says child audiences decrease after 8.30 pm. If we can p…

I don't have that data, sorry.

My understanding is that OzTAM data says that child audiences decrease after 8.30.

Senator Pocock, I understand you put this question at the start as well. The broad objective of this is to red…

Obviously the point I made before is that government, not the gambling companies, would set the indicator for…

Thanks, Senator Hanson-Young. My understanding is that those inducements would not be allowed for any red flag…

Sorry, Senator Hanson-Young, could you repeat the question?

The key point is that the government, not the gambling companies, sets the indicators for red flags. The risk…

As we've been upfront on, as has been in the news and as we've seen through the Senate legislative inquiry, we…

Thanks, Senator Hanson-Young, for the question. I'd point to the range of reforms that we've pursued through t…

Thanks, Senator Hanson-Young. It's obviously been the work of government as we've developed this package over…

Thanks, Senator Hanson-Young. I think you have touched on what the key point here is. If Australians are motiv…

I can only just reiterate what I said before about all those who want to sell gambling advertising would be re…

Probably the best example I can give, Senator Hanson-Young, is to look at BetStop. That cost $20 million to bu…

I don't have a number as to how much that will cost. I'd just point to the information I provided before about…

I've talked through the detail about how this will operate. We expect that they will have the resources they n…

Senator Hanson-Young is right to raise serious concerns about the predatory inducements used by wagering compa…

I don't have a definitive number of staff, other than to point to the decision on the industry funded levy tha…

That is obviously the job for ACMA as the body that will be responsible.

The onus would be on the platforms to check the ACMA regulations.

The simplest way to answer that question would be those websites that want to show wagering ads.

Thanks, Senator Hanson-Young, for the question. That would be determined, I understand, by ACMA in terms of th…

I can only reiterate what I just gave in the answer before. The register is expected to use a limited set of i…

Thanks, Senator Hanson-Young, for the question. The wagering opt-out register will provide Australians with a…

I'm trying to establish that. I'll come back to you.

Thanks very much, Senator Hanson-Young, for that question. I don't have a number before me, but I'm happy to s…

It's not good enough.

The coalition won't be supporting this amendment. In my second reading speech this morning, I laid out the man…

Thanks, Senator Pocock, for the question and also for moving the amendments. Just to be clear, the government…

When you've got young kids, it's pretty good to be able to come home with a smile and tell them that we've got…

This investment is vital for our national resilience—6,000 jobs delivered in that region, secured through rene…

Thank you, Senator O'Neill, for that question. As somebody who's been a proud supporter in regional New South…

What we do is not use people as props. What we do is support the construction of new housing. The evidence in…

You can look forward to plenty more. I would just say that what renters can look forward to from the Greens po…

Thanks, Senator Faruqi, for the question. This is the most substantial and strongest ever action that any gove…

One Nation supports Senator Lambie's matter of urgency. The Albanese Labor government is again denigrating and…

What are you doing to stop the rorts from these providers?

Our veterans are Australians who put on the uniform, who serve this country and who are prepared to put themse…