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 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) (18:36): So 8.30 pm is the watershed that the broadcasters currently subscribe to under the rules. That was part of the thinking as well.
Obviously, the whole point of this, as I mentioned at the start, is the balanced approach that we've taken to these reforms around advertising. We're doing what we can to ensure that we're minimising that harm, and the access that children have to the content as well.
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