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

8:19 pm

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

I can probably just help provide some clarity. Those persons who were coming off those three months would still have to reconfirm consent to direct marketing of inducements after that period of time, so it would be up to that individual to say whether they wanted to receive those.

I talked through, at the start, the substantial consultation that has gone on as part of this bill. Obviously there have been a number of factors that have been influential as part of these discussions and as we've come to the final package that is before us in the Senate today. There has been heavy consultation across industry with those people who advocate for anti-gambling measures, those people who've been impacted by these matters and, obviously, the Senate legislation committee hearing—so across a whole range of areas—which has been impactful in terms of deciding the legislative piece that the government has taken before the Senate tonight.

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