00:02The Government and the Opposition say this gambling legislation will protect Australians
00:07from gambling harm.
00:08It passed the lower house yesterday and will get the final tick of approval from the Senate
00:12later today.
00:13What we've heard from the Greens and the crossbench is that they don't believe that these measures
00:18go far enough.
00:19In the words of Independent Senator David Pocock, he says the Government has done the bare minimum.
00:25But it's not just the crossbench and the Greens that aren't happy with the result here.
00:29Two Coalition MPs crossed the floor yesterday.
00:32That means that they did not vote for this gambling legislation.
00:36They said that it didn't go far enough and they couldn't vote for something that didn't
00:40provide adequate protection for Australian children against gambling harm.
00:46Now, taking a look at what this gambling legislation means, the changes are going to come into place
00:51from next year.
00:52It means that on live-to-air TV, gambling ads will be restricted to three per hour between
00:58the hours of 5am and 8.30pm.
01:01Gambling ads will be not allowed during children's programs, also during live sporting events and
01:0815 minutes before a sporting event begins.
01:11There's also going to be a ban on celebrity endorsements and no ads will be allowed within
01:17stadiums or on players' jerseys.
01:19And there's also going to be a new scheme set up called Ad Stop where people can put
01:24in their details and opt out of seeing gambling ads on online streaming services.
01:30Now, as I mentioned, two Coalition MPs crossed the floor yesterday.
01:33They didn't vote for this legislation saying it wasn't good enough.
01:36One of those is MP Andrew Wallace from Queensland.
01:40He was speaking on Radio National Breakfast earlier today.
01:43Let's take a listen to him and then the response from Opposition Leader Angus Taylor about criticism
01:49from some of his own colleagues that he should have pushed for further reform.
01:52I want to see an end, I want to see an end to that nexus between sport and gambling.
02:01I'm sick to death of seeing those gambling ads, particularly around sports.
02:06I get constant emails and messages from constituents asking me to do something to break that nexus.
02:14And we're seeing a whole young cohort of kids growing up thinking that gambling is a part
02:21of sport and it's not.
02:22This is an emotional issue and it's an important issue and I think we're getting the balance
02:26right and I'm very pleased that we have got bipartisan support for this legislation now.
02:31It will get through the parliament, of course, and most importantly, it'll get the balance
02:36right between people having a bet, and they should be able to have a bet, and at the same
02:41time making sure there's protection for the most vulnerable, the kids for those who have
02:45got gambling challenges and they want to deal with those and that's the balance we've sought
02:49to strike.
02:50Now, Steph, on to that other issue, the NDIS legislation, it'll get the final sign off
02:54today.
02:55What then happens next for those that will be pushed off the scheme?
02:59Yeah, so a number of changes coming into effect, some later this year, but the major
03:05change is not until 2028.
03:07The government has long argued that it needs to reduce the cost of the National Disability
03:12Insurance Scheme.
03:13What they want to do is save more than $30 billion over the next four years.
03:17How they're going to do that, they're introducing more anti-fraud measures, they're also introducing
03:23new eligibility standards.
03:25That's from 2028.
03:26A big part of this though is a number of children under the age of nine with mild to moderate
03:33developmental
03:33delays or autism.
03:35They'll be placed on what's called the Thriving Kids Program.
03:38That is partially funded by the states.
03:40Queensland actually hasn't signed up to the program yet.
03:43So there's still a bit of a question mark around how this is all going to work.
03:47The Minister for the NDIS and the Health Minister, Mark Butler, this morning was assuring parents
03:53that if their child is under nine, the Thriving Kids Program, he believes, will be up and running
03:58in time.
03:59There is though still a big question around what happens to people over the age of nine
04:03if they're kicked off the NDIS.
04:05What sort of supports can or will they receive?
04:08The indication from the government today is that there's still a lot more work to be done
04:12in that space.
04:14I'm really confident that that target date of 1st January 2028 will be achieved, particularly
04:20for Thriving Kids.
04:21Now for kids over nine and for other adults who might be impacted by these changes to the
04:26NDIS, we do have a tonne of work to do with states and territories.
04:30I made that clear yesterday that there's still much work to do to get the NDIS back on track
04:36and really now that work has to commence for those other population groups from today.
04:43Now a number of members of the disability community have criticised this legislation saying that
04:48it will hurt members of the disability community because they won't be able to get the support
04:53that they need.
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