Motion Tabled – Government Inaction on Gambling Ads Ban In State Sporting Venues

The Hon. Meg Webb MLC tabled the following motion in the Legislative Council on Thursday 25 June 2026:

I (Ms Webb) give Notice that tomorrow I shall move –

That the Council —

(1) Notes on Tuesday 2 December 2025 the Council passed a resolution calling on the State government to introduce within one year a complete ban on gambling advertising and sponsorship at all state-owned or state-funded venues including the Macquarie Point Stadium, and on players’ uniforms, and further to table an implementation progress report within six months of the passage of that resolution;

(2) Further notes the six month deadline was 2 June 2026, however the State government has not yet tabled the requested implementation update as it was called on to do by this House;

(3) Recognises the Federal Government’s gambling advertising reforms announced on 2 April 2026, will partially implement recommendations of the 2023 House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs report You Win Some, You Lose More – Inquiry into Online Gambling and Its Impacts on Those Experiencing Gambling Harm, and do not preclude the state taking immediate action for state-owned of funded venues;

(4) Reaffirms that publicly owned state venues should prohibit gambling advertising and sponsorship that normalise or glamorise wagering, consistent with the clear public health responsibility to avoid promoting activities known to cause harm;

(5) Notes with grave concern the failure of the State government to acknowledge or address the December 2025 resolution passed by this House;

(6) Formally requests by Thursday 10 September 2026 the State government provides to this House a comprehensive response to the 2 December2025 resolution, and which is to address both:

     (a) That resolution’s call for gambling advertising and sponsorship at all state-owned or state-funded venues, and on players’ uniforms; to be prohibited; and

     (b) An implementation timeframe update.

Meg’s motion is following up on the lack of formal response from the Rockliff government to the Legislative Council’s initial vote of 2 December 2025 requesting the government commits to implement a gambling advertising and sponsorship ban in state-owned venues and on players’ uniforms within a year, and to provide a progress report within six months – see that previous debate here.

View text of Meg’s motion as tabled on 25 June 2026 below or as a pdf here:-

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