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

into ads on TV but also taking into account social media and branding—not just live TV. A comprehensive inquiry is underway, something that the Leader of the Opposition apparently is not aware of.

We've also held the first meeting of state and territory ministers responsible for gambling harm reduction since 2017. They didn't even have a discussion about any of these issues—not in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 or 2022. Nothing! The coalition had nine years to act to ban ads during sport, but they didn't. The only reason there are any restrictions on gambling ads during live sport is actions that Labor has taken. We will await the inquiry that looks at a comprehensive response, because that is what is appropriate.

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