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 DAVID POCOCK (Australian Capital Territory—Independent ACT Whip) (18:46): Minister, this sounds a lot less like a break and more like a hairline fracture with sport where we'll get rid of some of the links but we're still going to flood you with ads after 8.30 pm during sport. If you're watching a replay, unlucky for you—you're going to see gambling ads.

If you're waking up at midnight to watch the Socceroos, the Matildas or the Rugby World Cup, you're going to see gambling ads. How can you seriously claim that you're breaking the link between gambling and sport when you have a patchy ban that Peta Murphy warned would not work?