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Recommendations
Recommendation 1
2.109 The committee supports the need for national
research on online gambling to acquire data on which to base appropriate policy
responses. As recommended in its previous report, the committee reiterates its
call for a national independent research institute on gambling.
Recommendation 2
2.111 The committee recommends that the review of
the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 being conducted by the Department of
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy commission relevant research
on the local online gambling environment.
Recommendation 3
7.87 The committee recommends that the Interactive
Gambling Act 2001 (IGA) be amended to address the inconsistencies and ambiguities
identified to the committee regarding prohibited interactive gambling services
and any others that are identified through the review being conducted by the
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. Specifically
the IGA should be amended to capture methods of avoidance such as websites
which provide links to facilitate access to prohibited interactive gambling
services.
Recommendation 4
7.89 The committee recommends that following the
review of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 by the Department of
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, an education campaign be
developed for consumers to provide clarification of online gambling regulation
and highlight the risks of harm.
Recommendation 5
8.32 The committee supports the recommendation of
the Productivity Commission that the COAG Select Council on Gambling Reform
should review new gambling opportunities, particularly those which appear to
target youth, with a view to developing a national regulatory approach.
Recommendation 6
9.50 The committee recommends that the Interactive
Gambling Act 2001 be amended to address the inconsistencies and ambiguities
identified to the committee regarding the advertising of prohibited interactive
gambling services, and any others that are identified through the review being
conducted by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital
Economy. Specifically it should be amended to capture methods of avoidance such
as advertisements that do not mention gambling linked to gambling websites.
Recommendation 7
11.30 The committee recommends that the current
prohibition on online 'in-play' betting should remain in place.
Recommendation 8
11.31 The committee recommends that the attractions,
risks and potential harms of online 'in-play' betting be the subject of
appropriate research commissioned by the current IGA review being undertaken by
the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
Recommendation 9
11.41 The committee recommends that through the COAG
Select Council on Gambling Reform, governments, in consultation with industry,
review the 90-day timeframe to verify identity when opening a betting account,
with a view to reducing it to 72 hours, in order to diminish the risk of minors
using the current timeframe to gamble illegally.
Recommendation 10
11.119 The committee recommends that the COAG Select
Council on Gambling Reform, in consultation with the COAG Legislative and
Governance Forum on Consumer Affairs, develop nationally consistent consumer
protection standards for tighter controls on the practice of credit betting.
Recommendation 11
11.120 The committee recommends that the COAG Select
Council on Gambling Reform, in consultation with the COAG Legislative and
Governance Forum on Consumer Affairs, develop nationally consistent consumer
protection standards for greater transparency around the practice of paying
third party commissions by betting agencies.
Recommendation 12
12.62 The committee recommends that the COAG Select
Council on Gambling Reform commission further research on the longer-term
effects of gambling advertising on children, particularly in relation to the
'normalisation' of gambling during sport.
Recommendation 13
12.77 The committee recommends that the COAG Select
Council on Gambling Reform work towards nationally consistent requirements for
responsible gambling messages to ensure they work effectively as harm
minimisation measures to counter-balance the promotion of gambling.
Recommendation 14
12.101 The committee recommends that the government
legislate a total ban of the promotion of live odds both at venues and during
the broadcast of a sporting event.
Recommendation 15
12.103 The committee recommends that the work to
legislate a total ban on live odds promotion also ensures that responsible
gambling messages are retained as a harm minimisation measure and continue to
appear as a counterpoint to other instances of gambling advertising, both in
venues and during sporting broadcasts.
Recommendation 16
12.139 The committee recommends that the COAG Select
Council on Gambling Reform, in consultation with Australasian Racing Ministers
and the wagering industry, develop a mandatory national code of conduct for
advertising by wagering providers covering:
- inducements
to bet;
- credit
betting and third party commissions;
- harm
minimisation messages on responsible gambling; and
- other
nationally consistent standards to restrict certain forms of sports betting
advertising, which at a minimum, should include a ban on the display of
gambling companies' logos on sporting players' uniforms and merchandise (such
as children's replica sports shirts), as well as restrictions on the giveaways
of free merchandise which depict betting companies' logos.
Recommendation 17
12.143 The committee recommends that, following the
outcome of the Federal Court 'betbox' case, the COAG Select Council on Gambling
Reform, in conjunction with regulators, investigate the potential for the
growth of betting opportunities in a range of venues which have not previously
offered gambling services and develop appropriate nationally consistent
regulations to address it.
Recommendation 18
15.60 The committee majority recommends that
consideration of the amendment to the Interactive Gambling Act 2001
(IGA) in relation to inducements be deferred until the review of the IGA being
undertaken by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital
Economy is completed. This would allow the amendment to be considered along
with any further amendments proposed by the government arising from the review.
Recommendation 19
16.50 The committee majority recommends that the Broadcasting
Services Act 1992 be amended to prohibit gambling advertising during times
when children are likely to be watching.
Recommendation 20
16.73 The committee majority recommends that the
Interactive Gambling and Broadcasting Amendment (Online Transactions and Other
Measures) Bill 2011 not be passed.
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