Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness) Share this | Hansard source

The work is happening domestically and also overseas with the IOC. We are a part of an international working group that meets next week on match fixing.

Senator Conroy and Minister Macklin recently, in cooperation with their state colleagues, announced a number of changes to live promotion of gambling odds in sport. Many sports lovers are concerned about the number of advertisements and the live promotion of odds by commentators during sporting proceedings on television and also on radio. Senator Conroy has, through his portfolio, requested the sports, the broadcasters and the gambling industry itself to self-regulate and find ways to reduce the number of advertisements and also to rule out commentators providing live odds. This is a critical issue for those sports lovers and people who are committed to sport and also in protecting families. (Time expired)