17110 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister of Internal Affairs
Written Question
Published date: 22 Apr 2025
17110 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister of Internal Affairs: What aide-mémoires, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister received on minimizing gambling harm as of April 7 2025?
Hon Brooke van Velden: I received the following advice, aides-mémoires, briefings, memos, notes, and reports from the Department of Internal Affairs on minimising gambling harm:
• Briefing: Development of regulations for online casino gambling - material on advertising for discussion, 1 April 2025;
• Briefing: Development of regulations for online casino gambling - material on harm prevention and minimisation for discussion, 3 March 2025;
• Briefing: Possible approach to the development of regulations for online casino gambling including material on advertising for discussion, 29 January 2025;
• Briefing: Possible approach to the development of regulations for online gambling, 28 November 2024;
• Regulatory Impact Statement: Online gambling regulatory design – RIS 2, 30 October 2024;
• Briefing: Online casino gambling: confirmation of phase 2 decisions and draft Cabinet paper, 19 September 2024;
• Briefing: Online casino gambling: additional information for October Cabinet paper, 16 September 2024;
• Briefing: Meeting with the Minister for Racing: 19 September 2024, 8:45am to 9:15am, 16 September 2024;
• Briefing: Online casino gambling: last decisions for October Cabinet paper, 6 September 2024;
• Briefing: Online casino gambling: further decisions, 29 August 2024;
• Briefing: Online casino gambling engagement approach for second Cabinet paper, 16 August 2024;
• Briefing: Cabinet paper for lodgement: Report back on online casino gambling regulatory design, 16 July 2024;
• Briefing: Draft Cabinet paper and Regulatory Impact Assessment for Ministerial consultation: Report back on online casino gambling regulatory design, 3 July 2024;
• Briefing: Meeting with officials on 26 June: Online casino gambling Cabinet paper, 21 June 2024;
• Briefing: Confirmation of the high-level design of the online casino gambling regulatory system, 7 June 2024;
• Briefing: Meeting with officials on 7 June: Online casino gambling regulatory design (#7), 31 May 2024;
• Briefing: Meeting with officials on 30 May: Online casino gambling regulatory design (#6), 24 May 2024;
• Briefing: Meeting with officials on 23 May: Online casino gambling regulatory design (#5), 17 May 2024;
• Briefing: Meeting with officials in week of 13 May: Online casino gambling regulatory design (#4), 10 May 2024;
• Briefing: Meeting with officials on Thursday, 9 May, 4:15pm: Online casino gambling regulatory design (#3), 6 May 2024;
• Briefing: Meeting with officials on Wednesday, 1 May, 3:30pm: Online casino gambling regulatory design (#2), 26 April 2024;
• Briefing: Meeting with officials on Monday, 22 April, 4:15pm: Online casino gambling regulatory design, 19 April 2024;
• Tax Policy Report: Options to regulate and tax online casino gambling, 18 December 2023;
• Options to regulate online gambling, 13 December 2023;
• Introduction to the gambling system, 5 December 2023; and
• Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Internal Affairs, November 2023.