Bill
Broadcasting Services Amendment (Ban on Gambling Advertisements During Live Sport) Bill 2023
lapsed, as at 2025-07-21.
- Sponsor
- Sarah Henderson
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-06-14
- second reading — 2023-06-14
- second reading — 2023-06-21
- second reading — 2023-06-22
- other — 2025-07-21
Divisions
- Broadcasting Services Amendment (Ban on Gambling Advertisements During Live Sport) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Speed things along — 2023-06-22, Senate: negative, ayes 30, noes 33
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-06-14.
The bill would ban gambling advertisements during live sporting events on television, radio and streaming services.
The ban would start one hour before a match and end one hour after it finishes, enforced through industry codes registered by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
The ban would not apply to horse racing, other racing codes, government lotteries, lotto, Keno or contests.
- Bans gambling advertising during live sporting events.
- Extends the ban to online content services.
- Requires industry codes to be updated and registered with ACMA.
- Gives the Minister power to set a transition period by legislative instrument.
- Exempts horse racing, other racing codes, government lotteries, lotto, Keno and contests.
Broadcasters, streaming services, gambling advertisers and audiences of live sport.
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