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Minister, will the cost recovery levy also cover compliance with the ad ban? Is that what you're saying?

I only have a few questions left, and a couple on the ACMA. Your own impact analysis said that this partial ba…

Please could you table that for the Senate.

So, Minister, just for the record, are lotteries more harmful than wagering products?

We need to get the balance right.

If we stop gambling ads, if we stop your kids seeing gambling ads, people are going to go to illegal offshore…

I used that argument all the time when I was lobbying. I was the main lobbyist in Ireland. I knew all the poli…

Prime Minister said:

Why would you allow the gambling companies to help develop the risk indicators? Surely, you're going to the ex…

It almost sounds like you're making the case for a national regulator here. After all the evidence that the Mu…

It is a bit of a concern that you don't even know that. Maybe I'll answer for you—yes, they are. Under the NT…

Minister—or minister Henderson; credit where credit's due!—I've got a question about this flagging of customer…

Minister, this sounds a lot less like a break and more like a hairline fracture with sport where we'll get rid…

It doesn't seem like the government's very clear about the aims. We hear these talking points that you read ou…

Well, that's also an aim,

We're aiming to do that, but we have no evidence to do that.

So, Minister, what evidence is there that three ads per hour will stop the normalisation of gambling amongst A…

Thank you for clarifying that, Minister. So getting the balance right is allowing 160,000 Australian children,…

Minister, just to clarify, it's the government's view that 160,000 children per night, on average, is an accep…

Well, we don't have that data.

I'm really glad you've mentioned that, because the department's own analysis of OzTAM data shows that, on aver…

So it's about reducing exposure and not actually stopping the normalisation of gambling amongst our children.…

Minister, it's concerning to hear that the ACMA is going to be the one enforcing this. I don't know if you wer…

by leave—in respect of the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026, I move amendments (1) t…

If you sustain an injury in service to this country, then we're only going to pay to fix some of it.

Just as our veterans and defence personnel step up for our country, we have an obligation to step up for them.

Please don't take any further action that is going to be detrimental to our health

I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Industry and Innovation, by no later than midday…

I move general business notices of motion Nos 628, 629 and 630 together: GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO…

():  I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for the Environment and Water (Sen…

I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Industry and Innovation (Senator Ay…

Minister, as you know, conservation groups have costed an urgent response of $200 million over the next two ye…

Thanks, Senator Pocock. I disagree with your assessment of the reforms. I think they are meaningful. They will…

Thanks, Senator Pocock, for the question. I think there are a number of key areas where this applies. The ban…

The overall goal was to reduce advertising, and that's what this bill does. It does it across, as I mentioned…

As I said, we think this gets the balance right in ensuring that fewer ads will be available. The frequency ca…

In my view, they're about doing both. That's substantially what we've tried to achieve, through this package,…

So 8.30 pm is the watershed that the broadcasters currently subscribe to under the rules. That was part of the…

As I explained before, Senator Pocock, the OzTAM data says child audiences decrease after 8.30 pm. If we can p…

I don't have that data, sorry.

My understanding is that OzTAM data says that child audiences decrease after 8.30.

Senator Pocock, I understand you put this question at the start as well. The broad objective of this is to red…

Obviously the point I made before is that government, not the gambling companies, would set the indicator for…

Thanks, Senator Hanson-Young. My understanding is that those inducements would not be allowed for any red flag…

Sorry, Senator Hanson-Young, could you repeat the question?

The key point is that the government, not the gambling companies, sets the indicators for red flags. The risk…

As we've been upfront on, as has been in the news and as we've seen through the Senate legislative inquiry, we…

Thanks, Senator Hanson-Young, for the question. I'd point to the range of reforms that we've pursued through t…

Thanks, Senator Hanson-Young. It's obviously been the work of government as we've developed this package over…

Thanks, Senator Hanson-Young. I think you have touched on what the key point here is. If Australians are motiv…

I can only just reiterate what I said before about all those who want to sell gambling advertising would be re…

Probably the best example I can give, Senator Hanson-Young, is to look at BetStop. That cost $20 million to bu…

I don't have a number as to how much that will cost. I'd just point to the information I provided before about…

I've talked through the detail about how this will operate. We expect that they will have the resources they n…

Senator Hanson-Young is right to raise serious concerns about the predatory inducements used by wagering compa…

I don't have a definitive number of staff, other than to point to the decision on the industry funded levy tha…

That is obviously the job for ACMA as the body that will be responsible.

The onus would be on the platforms to check the ACMA regulations.

The simplest way to answer that question would be those websites that want to show wagering ads.

Thanks, Senator Hanson-Young, for the question. That would be determined, I understand, by ACMA in terms of th…

I can only reiterate what I just gave in the answer before. The register is expected to use a limited set of i…

Thanks, Senator Hanson-Young, for the question. The wagering opt-out register will provide Australians with a…

I'm trying to establish that. I'll come back to you.

Thanks very much, Senator Hanson-Young, for that question. I don't have a number before me, but I'm happy to s…

It's not good enough.

The coalition won't be supporting this amendment. In my second reading speech this morning, I laid out the man…

Thanks, Senator Pocock, for the question and also for moving the amendments. Just to be clear, the government…

When you've got young kids, it's pretty good to be able to come home with a smile and tell them that we've got…

This investment is vital for our national resilience—6,000 jobs delivered in that region, secured through rene…

Thank you, Senator O'Neill, for that question. As somebody who's been a proud supporter in regional New South…

What we do is not use people as props. What we do is support the construction of new housing. The evidence in…

You can look forward to plenty more. I would just say that what renters can look forward to from the Greens po…

Thanks, Senator Faruqi, for the question. This is the most substantial and strongest ever action that any gove…

One Nation supports Senator Lambie's matter of urgency. The Albanese Labor government is again denigrating and…

What are you doing to stop the rorts from these providers?

Our veterans are Australians who put on the uniform, who serve this country and who are prepared to put themse…

I seek leave to make a short statement. The PRESIDENT 112096 Leave is granted for one minute…

At the request of Senator Antic, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Min…

I seek leave to make a short statement. The PRESIDENT 112096 Leave is granted for one minute…

Prime Minister stated in his response, dated 17 August 2026, that a matter has been referred to the Australian…

At the request of Senator Bragg, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) on 13 May 2026, the Senate ag…

I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table an explanatory memorandum relating t…

I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the Housing Australia Act 2018, an…

At the request of Senator Sharma, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Pr…

At the request of Senator Hume, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that the response to order for the produc…

At the request of Senator Bragg, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Min…

That's as much as I can do.

At the request of Senator Hume, I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend th…

Inside Keating's private push to steer Albanese on China and Trump

I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following propose…

I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister representing the Minister for Northern…

It was a year ago today that the Economic Reform Roundtable kicked off in this building in Canberra. It feels…

It sounded to me like Senator Scarr was putting up his hand when the word obstacles was used then! Higher wage…

Thanks, Senator Smith. The Albanese Labor government understands that many Australians are under pressure at t…

Lifting the wages of working Australians is one of the ways the Albanese Labor government is helping people wi…

Thanks, Senator Smith, who, again, is one of the very active members on this side of the chamber who've put a…

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator Watt.…

Thanks, Senator Pocock. Again, this government has already invested significant funds towards the resilience o…

Thanks, Senator Pocock. I have seen that claim made by the Biodiversity Council, and I don't think they would…

What on earth are you doing here? Why are you doing this?