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

8:50 pm

Photo of Paul ScarrPaul Scarr (Queensland, Liberal Party) | Hansard source

Minister, are you telling us that the vulnerable person who should have been stopped from participating in gambling by the gambling company itself, which is incentivised to keep that person gambling—that we're expecting the vulnerable person to make the complaint before any action is taken? Are you telling us that there will not be any requirement for independent audits with respect to the robustness and the rigour of these systems—that it's simply going to be dependent upon the person who's the victim of malfeasance to actually make a complaint?

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