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) (19:10): I think when you look at the history of these matters and how impactful they've been—it's always hard to respond to a question like that, when you haven't seen the transcript and seen the context of the interview, which is often important in these matters.

But we know that there has been a level of offshore gambling and that, when that happens, no Australian benefits from that. In fact, for illegal gambling companies, there's no taxation, there's no regulation and punters may not even get their money back. So this bill is tough on illegal gambling.

We make no apologies for that. We think it is something that is a threat to the Australian industry.