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Senator DAVID POCOCK (Australian Capital Territory—Independent ACT Whip) (12:05): I seek leave to make a two-minute statement. Leave granted. Senator DAVID POCOCK: I haven't had time to look through the details of the guillotine, but I assume it will mean that there will be very few contributions on the gambling bill.

On behalf of Canberrans that I've heard from over the last three years on this and particularly over the last month or so with what we heard in the Senate inquiry, I'd like to place on the record how disappointing it is to see this deal between the major parties which says to the Australian people that we care more about the gambling industry than your children—that we care more about the gambling industry than your brothers, your sisters, your sons and your daughters who are being preyed on by a predatory industry.

People see straight through Prime Minister Albanese's rhetoric about 'getting the balance right with three ads an hour' and this nonsense in trying to tell Australians that you're protecting children when we'll be seeing gambling ads during programs like Lego Masters. This speaks to a bigger issue that we're seeing in this country with the declining trust in politicians, in politics and in government, and this is no surprise when, three years ago, we had a parliamentary inquiry that said, 'This is how we turn things around when it comes to gambling,' and we have the Labor Party tie itself in knots for three years trying not to do what Peta Murphy and that committee said we should do.

Then they get Angus Taylor to negotiate one on one with the PM and come to some sort of gentleman's agreement where you're going to shaft the Australian public and back in the gambling companies. (Time expired)