Specified Briefing Documents Prepared For Department Representatives In The Communications Portfolio Appearing At The 2026 February Budget Estimates.

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This briefing document prepared for the Communications Minister's 2026 February budget estimates hearing outlines the government's online gambling harm reduction measures. Key initiatives highlighted include the BetStop National Self-Exclusion Register (54,000 registrations as of December 2025), credit card ban for online wagering (June 2024), mandatory minimum classifications for gambling-like content in computer games (September 2024), mandatory customer pre-verification for wagering service providers (September 2023), and updated evidence-based warning taglines (March 2023). The brief notes that the Department of Social Services leads the government's response to the 31 recommendations from the June 2023 House of Representatives Online Gambling Inquiry, in collaboration with the Department of Infrastructure, Communications, Sport and the Arts and other agencies, addressing consumer protections, research, regulation reform, gambling advertising, and illegal offshore gambling.