House debates Questions without Notice

Gambling Advertising

Wednesday, 24 May 2023 House of Representatives

Anthony Albanese

Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister

2:51 pm

We on this side of the House do want to protect people from gambling harm, and that's why we've already made real progress. In April, Ministers Rishworth and Rowland announced that we will be having a ban on credit cards for online wagering, something that was never done by those opposite—never done by those opposite. We're introducing BetStop in the third quarter of this year so people can exclude themselves from online gambling—again, something never done by those opposite. We are concerned about gambling ads. I find them, frankly, annoying, as do, I think, most people who are trying to watch the footy. But they want—

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