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 CHISHOLM (Queensland—Assistant Minister for Regional Development, Assistant Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Assistant Minister for Resources and Deputy Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (18:28): The key point is that the government, not the gambling companies, sets the indicators for red flags. The risk indicators will be evidence based and will take the appropriate time to settle them via legislative instrument.

I also point to the fact that many gambling advocates, including Mr Tim Costello, asked us to impose duties on gambling companies to identify customers at risk of gambling. We believe that this is something that will be important, and we believe that this is workable and will make a difference.