00:02Labor's legislation seeks to limit daytime gambling advertising on television to three
00:09ads per hour, as well as banning radio gambling ads during school pick-up and drop-off times.
00:16There'd be a total ban of gambling ads during live sports broadcasts, but no restrictions
00:23after 8.30 at night. There'd also be a move to ban all social media influencers who promote
00:31betting or gambling products, and ban online gambling ads for under-18s on social media,
00:39as well as require social media platforms to offer opt-out functions for adults, and
00:45eventually move to phasing out gambling advertising and sponsorships in stadiums and on players'
00:54jerseys. The government says this is strong legislation and wants it to pass the Senate
01:01as soon as possible. It wants this law to be operational from January 1 next year. But in
01:07order for that to happen, it needs either support from the Coalition or the Greens and the crossbench
01:12in the Senate, none of which are willing to support the legislation in its current form.
01:19The Greens and the crossbench have called for amendments that would implement key recommendations
01:26from the Murphy review into gambling harms that was handed down three years ago. They include
01:32setting up a national gambling regulator to oversee the industry, as well as banning inducements,
01:40which is basically when gambling companies offer people credits that they can only cash out if
01:46they keep gambling. Independent ACT Senator David Pocock, who's the former captain of the Wallabies,
01:54says that sport and gambling has become too linked in Australia, and this legislation gives the
02:01parliament an opportunity to address that. The government needs to look after Australian children. This is an
02:08opportunity to actually stop the normalisation of gambling amongst Australian kids. We now know
02:15that three-quarters of Australian children think that gambling is just a normal part of enjoying sport.
02:21We should be enjoying sport for what it is. The Communications Minister, Annika Wells,
02:26has told the ABC this morning she thinks the government has addressed issues around inducements by setting up a
02:33gambling self-exclusion scheme called BetStop. But there have been some regulatory concerns raised around how
02:40BetStop's working, with reports of 500 breaches by Ladbrokes and Neds.
02:46Labor backbencher Mike Freelander, who's been a vocal critic of his own party's efforts on gambling, said that while these
02:55reforms are significant, much more needs to be done. We heard from Labor frontbencher Ann Ali saying that
03:03the government will always consider further reform. There's always more that we can do and we're not
03:09a government that sits still. You know, we're a government that undertakes action and that keeps on moving.
03:15So Sarah, where does the coalition then stand on these laws?
03:19Lorna, the coalition has broadly said it wants to work with the government to pass this legislation, but has some
03:26concerns that the provisions as they stand don't go far enough. The Shadow Communications Minister, Sarah Henderson,
03:34has raised concerns around how a ban on online gambling ads for under-18s would actually work. She's also pointed
03:41to some of the
03:41issues with BetStop and inducements, whilst we've heard from Liberal frontbencher Dan Tehan, who's spoken
03:49about some concerns around kids still being exposed to gambling ads while watching sports matches after
03:568.30 at night. So this legislation has now been referred to an eight-week Senate inquiry, Lorna, so
04:04that will report back on August 17th.
