Janet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, Senator Watt. Across the country, state governments are proposing actions to limit gambling because of the harm it causes to children and the community. Reflecting this, the Greens in New South Wales are taking a policy to the election on Saturday of phasing out pokie machines from pubs and clubs, introducing a mandatory cashless gambling card and creating a pokies super tax and reparation fund for affected communities. However, it's up to the federal government to ban gambling advertising, which is something that is supported by 70 per cent of Australians. Minister, will the government move to ban gambling advertising anywhere and anytime, in the same way as tobacco advertising was banned years ago?