Senate debates
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
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Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Order for the Production of Documents
5:30 pm
David Pocock (ACT, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
by leave—I move general business notices of motion Nos 646 and 647 together:
GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 646
That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Prime Minister, by no later than midday on Thursday, 10 October 2024, any document in the possession of the Prime Minister or his office that provides the evidentiary basis for the following claim made by the Prime Minister in question time in the House of Representatives on 11 September 2024:
"We know, when we look at where the harmful gambling comes from, that almost 70 per cent of that harmful gambling is actually poker machines. More than or around 15 per cent, off the top of my head—it's about that figure—comes from lotteries and lotto and those tickets as well".
GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 647
That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Prime Minister, by no later than 9 am on Tuesday, 15 October 2024, all written or digital correspondence, briefing notes, file notes, meeting notices, meeting agendas or minutes, or other records of interaction since 1 January 2024 related to online gambling reform, advertising reform for online gambling or the government response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs' report You win some, You lose more between the Prime Minister and his office and any of the following organisations, including any of their employees or representatives:
(b) Australian Football League;
(c) Alliance for Gambling Reform;
(d) Gambling Harm Lived Experience Experts;
(e) Responsible Wagering Australia;
(f) Sportsbet;
(g) Pointsbet;
(h) Bet365;
(i) Tabcorp;
(j) Entain; and
(k) Unibet.
Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
The question is that general business notice of motion Nos 646 and 647, standing in the name of Senator David Pocock, be agreed to.
Question agreed to.