Senate debates

Wednesday, 19 August 2026

Bills

Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026, National Self-exclusion Register (Cost Recovery Levy) Amendment Bill 2026, Interactive Gambling (Cost Recovery Levy) Bill 2026; In Committee

6:26 pm

Photo of Sarah Hanson-YoungSarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) | Hansard source

():  The gambling companies who have set up an entire business model designed to induce people to make them addicted to their product, to suck them in, to keep them there, to trap them, to groom them like predators—they're the ones you're expecting us to believe should be trusted to red-flag the most vulnerable? Andrew Wallace said this was like putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank; it's a very good description.

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