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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) (18:16): Just to be clear, an Australian citizen who doesn't want to be bombarded with gambling advertising needs to send their details, such as their name, their email address, their phone number, to ACMA, as the government agency, and then they will get on the phone and they will call Spotify, will call Kayo, will let news.com know and will let Pornhub know that X John Citizen over here—This is his email address.

This is his mobile number. This is potentially his date of birth. Even though he likes Pornhub, he doesn't want to see any gambling ads.

Are you really suggesting that that is what public officials are going to be spending their time doing?

SourceSenate, Wednesday 19 August 2026 — official recordTA-260819-senate-a3b92be539b7:s135