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) (18:26): The gambling companies who have set up an entire business model designed to induce people to make them addicted to their product, to suck them in, to keep them there, to trap them, to groom them like predators—they're the ones you're expecting us to believe should be trusted to red-flag the most vulnerable?

Andrew Wallace said this was like putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank; it's a very good description. The TEMPORARY CHAIR ( Senator Ciccone ): Senator, I remind you to refer to members of the other place by their correct title. Senator HANSON-YOUNG: The very brave, courageous and honest Mr Wallace, who had the guts to say out loud what needed to be said, has described this sham of an inducement policy as 'putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank'.

How does the government explain to the Australian people why it believes that the gambling companies will do the right thing?