Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

Pursuant to the order agreed to on 18 August, the time allotted for the second reading of the interactive gambling bills has expired. I will now put the question before the chair and then put the remaining questions required to complete the second reading stage. I will first deal with the amendment moved by Senator David Pocock.The question is that the amendment on sheet 4005 be agreed to.

Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

I will now deal with the second reading amendment circulated by the Australian Greens.

Australian Greens' circulated amendment—

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:

(a) notes that the major parties have been given more than $10 million by gambling companies and lobby groups;

(b) acknowledges that these political inducements being funnelled into the two major parties by the gambling lobby has bought the gambling industry significant influence throughout the debate on these bills;

(c) notes that this level of vested interests in politics is corrosive to our democracy; and

(d) calls on the Government to ban all political donations from the gambling industry".

The question is that the amendment on sheet 4009 be agreed to.

Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

I will now deal with the second reading amendment circulated by Senator Thorpe.

Senator Thorpe's circulated amendment—

Omit all words after "That", substitute "the Senate rejects the bill and is of the opinion that:

(a) gambling disproportionately harms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people;

(b) the bill was subject to inadequate consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people impacted by gambling harms; and

(c) the bill ignores many of the recommendations in the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs report 'You win some, you lose more' (known as the Murphy report), including:

(i) that the Australian Government should establish a national online gambling regulator with the sole purpose of reducing harm and with responsibility for all licencing and regulation, and

(ii) that this regulator should levy online wagering service providers to fund national strategy harm reduction measures, including supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled health organisations to develop and implement measures that reduce gambling harm impacting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people".

The question is that the amendment on sheet 3973 be agreed to.

Question negatived.

Nick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) | Link to this | Hansard source

I ask that the Australian Greens' support for Senator Thorpe's second reading amendment be noted.

Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

The question now is that the bills be now read a second time.