Senate debates

Tuesday, 16 March 2021

Questions without Notice

Gambling

2:26 pm

Photo of Stirling GriffStirling Griff (SA, Centre Alliance) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, you are correct about gambling falling under the states, but credit cards fall under federal, so that's why it's appropriate that it's dealt with here. Last year I introduced legislation to ban the use of credit cards for online gambling. I wrote to the minister for communications on the issue, and his response was: 'The implementation of a ban on the use of credit cards to deposit funds into online wagering accounts is not currently within the scope of the Morrison government's online gambling reforms.' Why is such a reform not within the scope—

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