Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

FARRELL (—) (): The government continues to reiterate its view that it cannot agree with the assertions made in this motion. We do, however, acknowledge the interest in the chamber in continuing to address the harms caused by gambling.

The Albanese government has undertaken the most significant gambling harm reduction measures in the past decade. Already we have banned the use of credit cards for online wagering, launched BetStop, which is the national self-exclusion register, forced online wagering companies to send their customers monthly activity statements outlining wins and losses, provided direct funding for specialist financial counselling to support people affected by problem gambling, introduced new minimum classifications for video games with gambling-like content, introduced new evidence based taglines in waging advertising, introduced nationally consistent staff training and established mandatory customer ID verification for online wagering.

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