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SenateWednesday 19 August 2026

Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026, National Self-exclusion Register (Cost Recovery Levy) Amendment Bill 2026, Interactive Gambling (Cost Recovery Levy) Bill 2026

Senator HANSON-YOUNG (South Australia—Manager of Australian Greens Business in the Senate) (18:13): This is a bit bizarre, isn't it? We are being told to ram through this place tonight what is being held up by your government as a new register under ACMA—a new role for the regulator. You don't know how much it's going to cost.

You don't know how many people are going to be required to do the job. You don't even know how far the work is going to be stretched. How on earth can we be expected to vote on this tonight when you can't even tell us how much the job costs?

SourceSenate, Wednesday 19 August 2026 — official recordTA-260819-senate-a3b92be539b7:s129