Senate debates
Thursday, 2 July 2026
Questions without Notice
Gambling
2:23 pm
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) | Hansard source
Senator, generally the Midwinter Ball has been a time where we put aside partisan politics.
Well, that generally has been how it's been approached. But so be it, if you wish to open that up. But I would ask you whether you think it passes the pub test for you to take so many hundreds of thousands of dollars from a professional gambler and then complain about gambling.
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