Passing laws to enable construction division of the CFMEU to be placed under control of an administrator is a priority for the government. Follow the day’s news liveCabinet to be briefed on proposed Labor gambling regulationsCabinet will be briefed on the gambling proposal today.This is the closest thing that she’ll ever get to being in cabinet. So she won’t be in the room, but for the people in the room, I hope that they’re imagining she is.Absolutely. And you know, Peta Murphy was a friend of mine and a friend, a dear friend of many people in the caucus as indeed is her husband, Rod Glover.We think about Peta a lot. She’s a big motivator for us in parliament, and there was no stronger advocate for these reforms than Peta Murphy. So we’ll be thinking of her. And I would say also that the commitment is there. We do need to do something about this problem. And that’s why the government is taking this so seriouslyI think as a government, we’ve taken the issue of the impact of gambling on society very seriously. You’ve seen us take a number of steps to try to curtail the impact of gambling on individuals in particular, knowing how it affects people’s lives.If you’ve seen the different steps that Minister [Michelle] Rowland has taken – Betstop, the limiting of accessing of credit cards for online gaming for instance. We’re working through the issues in a methodical way. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-08-11 21:53:39
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