Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I'm standing up particularly to focus on the issue that Senator Griff also wanted to speak about, which is gambling and sport. In fact, Senator Griff has circulated a second reading amendment, which I will move for him very shortly. Basically, his second reading amendment acknowledges that the current rules around gambling ads appearing on TV or radio or online are harming Australian children and are not fit for purpose, and it calls on the government to ban all gambling ads.

The problem here is the proliferation of gambling ads during streaming and while these events are being broadcast on TV and radio and online. Anybody that has tuned into some of these events can see these gambling ads. It's extremely concerning. The impact on Australian children is concerning. This is about addicting Australia's children to gambling. I acknowledge it interacts with other issues around gambling, but it's habituating children to this, and children are being exposed to it far too often. So I move the second reading amendment that Senator Griff has circulated in the chamber:

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:

(a) acknowledges that the current rules around gambling ads appearing on TV, radio or online are harming Australian children and are not fit for purpose; and

(b) calls on the Government to ban all gambling ads".