Mark Furner (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise this evening also to speak on this notice of motion on sports betting reform. In his introduction, Senator Di Natale hit the nail on the head when he said that Australians love sport. That is pretty well right—we love our sport. What goes with sport in Australia? Australians love a flutter. They love a bet. You know, Mr Acting Deputy President, that in the next couple of weeks the greatest game of all, the State of Origin, will be played between New South Wales and that great state of Queensland.