QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (15:41): First, I would say that I think we all know how important Peta Murphy's work was and, as a consequence of that report, a lot of action has been taken. You made a number of assertions in your question. I don't agree with them, and I think they're, frankly, unnecessarily personal.

But what I would say to you is we do recognise this is a real issue. It is the case, objectively, that we've taken more action than any government since Federation to tackle online gambling harms, and we will continue to act. Until action was taken by the government, for example, betting firms and poker machine companies were able to claim millions of dollars a year in research and development expenses.

The government is fixing that. This builds on significant action we have already taken. I know the Prime Minister and other ministers continue to engage across the community on this issue, which is important.

The PRESIDENT: Senator Pocock, first supplementary?