Michelle Rowland (Greenway, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Communications) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for her question, which goes to a number of matters, including gambling advertising, including the issue of time, and, as I see it and as I've seen reported from her colleague Senator Hanson-Young, including questions around the interests of the community and the interests of members of parliament. I think it's important to first point out, considering it's so contemporaneous, that Senator Hanson-Young was out there today basically talking about prioritising—this is what she accuses—prioritising the interests of the community over the interests of the gambling lobby and those making money off this parasitic dangerous industry. I find it interesting that the honourable member, who is a member of the Greens political party from Queensland, should ask this when the Queensland Greens have accepted over nearly half a million dollars in donations from a highrolling gambler. This is despite pushing for a ban on political donations from the gambling industry. Even more interesting about this is that the honourable member is one of three members from Queensland who have benefited from this, and the spokesperson for the Greens is saying, 'Our campaigns are entirely funded by people who believe in our vision and platform.' So, of course, constituents in the seats of Brisbane, Griffith and Ryan should be well aware of where that money is coming from to fund the honourable member's campaign.

It gets better because, as was only reported in the last few days, the Greens' largest individual donor—this is as recent as a couple of days—was Gold Coast gambler and mathematician, Duncan Turpie, who donated about $275,000. In early 2024, the Brisbane Times reported that Turpie had donated $472,088 to the party since—

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