Sarah Henderson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Communications and Digital Safety) | Hansard source

Senator Hanson-Young is right to raise serious concerns about the predatory inducements used by wagering companies, because, until the provisions that are now in this bill, there were no laws at all which stopped this insidious, revolting, disgusting behaviour. And what some of the wagering companies have been doing is repulsive—chasing massive losses incurred by those who are addicted to gambling, watching patterns of behaviour and targeting those people. I have even heard of cases where people were red-flagged and they were still being targeted.

However, with the amendments brought forward by the coalition, agreed by the government, for the very first time, Senator Hanson-Young, these practices—assuming this bill is passed—will be unlawful. I do reject the way that you're characterising the provisions that have been now passed in the other place, because what's important to understand is that the first obligation, when it comes to red-flagging individuals at risk of gambling harm, is that a licensed interactive-wagering service provider must monitor the customer activity of individuals who use the licensed interactive-wagering service, to identify individuals that may reasonably be considered to be at risk of gambling related harm. Now that is a positive obligation.