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The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has published its roadmap 2022/2023 technical directives to better regulate businesses operating within Australia’s media, digital and telecom sectors.   Though the ACMA holds no legislative authority over gambling licences, the federal agency has been granted rights by Australia’s six states to set gambling standards with regards to advertising, compliance duties and customer protections. …

Publishing its 2022/2023 state budget, the Treasury of New South Wales (NSW) has confirmed a 5% increase in the Point of Consumption Tax (POCT) related to wagering services.  As of July 2022, NSW will demand that all state-licensed bookmakers pay a POCT rate of 15% applied to all sports betting wagers (online and land-based). NSW introduced a 10% POCT wagering …

Tabcorp Holdings has been forced to close a significant number of TAB betting shops and agents across Victoria, after State Premier Daniel Andrews enforced a further coronavirus lockdown. On Monday, following a spike of more than 200 new cases in the district area of Melbourne, the Victoria government issued a border closure between Victoria and New South Wales – Australia’s …

Australia ASX-listed gambling group Tabcorp Holdings faces a legal dispute with Racing Queensland related to Australian betting’s new point-of-consumption (POC) tax charge. Unable to reach an agreement on POC ‘additional payments’, the governance of Racing Queensland has moved to file a Supreme Court challenge against Tabcorp subsidiary UBET Queensland. Implementing its state budget mandate, in October 2018 the Queensland government …

Victoria star Tom Hughes has entered the reckoning to be the next James Bond, with Betway introducing him to the market at 20/1.  The ITV period drama star has wooed audiences over the past couple of months and now the leading online bookmaker is reporting interest in Hughes being offered the 007 job. Poldark’s Aidan Turner, Ben-Hur star Jack Huston and …

The Victoria (Australia) state government has begun consultations on potential restrictions to gambling services advertising. Multiple Australian news sources have reported this weekend that state governance is reviewing plans to ban gambling advertisements being published within public transport services and near schools. State Gaming Minister Marlene Kairouz who is reviewing advertising standards proposals, commented that Victoria’s community was concerned with …