House debates

Wednesday, 24 May 2023

Questions without Notice

Gambling Advertising

2:51 pm

Photo of Anthony AlbaneseAnthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

We on this side of the House do want to protect people from gambling harm, and that's why we've already made real progress. In April, Ministers Rishworth and Rowland announced that we will be having a ban on credit cards for online wagering, something that was never done by those opposite—never done by those opposite. We're introducing BetStop in the third quarter of this year so people can exclude themselves from online gambling—again, something never done by those opposite. We are concerned about gambling ads. I find them, frankly, annoying, as do, I think, most people who are trying to watch the footy. But they want—

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