Summary of proposal
Party
Australian Greens
Portfolio
Health and Aged Care
Policy Topic
Health
The proposal provides funding to implement recommendations from the Inquiry into online gambling and its impacts on those experiencing gambling harm as follows:
Component 1:
- recommendation 2: $10 million in capped funding to develop a comprehensive national strategy for online gambling in collaboration with states and territories.
- recommendation 4: $5 million in capped funding for a national education campaign on gambling harm.
- recommendation 5: $5 million in capped funding to resource the Australian Gambling Research Centre to study the causes and effects of gambling harm.
Component 2:
- recommendation 3: establish a national gambling regulator, to address regulatory inconsistencies and create a unified approach to gambling laws, alongside monitoring online gambling and deterring illegal activities.
Component 3:
- recommendation 6: collect de-identified customer data for regulatory oversight and research.
- recommendation 23: empower the regulator with enforcement powers and significant penalties for breaches.
- recommendation 26: work with the government to ban gambling advertising across all platforms.
Component 4:
- $100 million to support recovery for investments to improve nationwide prevention, early intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs.