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

6:36 pm

Photo of Anthony ChisholmAnthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Regional Development) | Hansard source

So 8.30 pm is the watershed that the broadcasters currently subscribe to under the rules. That was part of the thinking as well. Obviously, the whole point of this, as I mentioned at the start, is the balanced approach that we've taken to these reforms around advertising. We're doing what we can to ensure that we're minimising that harm, and the access that children have to the content as well.

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