❓ The Minister for Racing and Gaming acknowledges awareness of the Senate Committee report on the Interactive Gambling Bill 2001, stating he has responded via media statement and will formally respond to the committee. He criticizes the report for potentially harming the WA racing industry and the Totalisator Agency Board.
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(1) Is the minister aware of the senate committee report into the Interactive Gambling Bill 2001 released yesterday? (2) Has he responded to that report; if so, will he inform the House of the nature of that response? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS
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I thank the member for her question. Hon Ken Travers: An excellent question. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: It is an excellent question. Hon Kim Chance: Eloquent as well. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Very eloquently asked. Hon Ken Travers: Let us see whether you have been quick enough to work out a response. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
(2) Has he responded to that report; if so, will he inform the House of the nature of that response? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for her question. Hon Ken Travers: An excellent question. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: It is an excellent question. Hon Kim Chance: Eloquent as well. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Very eloquently asked. Hon Ken Travers: Let us see whether you have been quick enough to work out a response. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for her question. Hon Ken Travers: An excellent question. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: It is an excellent question. Hon Kim Chance: Eloquent as well. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Very eloquently asked. Hon Ken Travers: Let us see whether you have been quick enough to work out a response. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
I thank the member for her question. Hon Ken Travers: An excellent question. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: It is an excellent question. Hon Kim Chance: Eloquent as well. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Very eloquently asked. Hon Ken Travers: Let us see whether you have been quick enough to work out a response. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
Hon Ken Travers: An excellent question. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: It is an excellent question. Hon Kim Chance: Eloquent as well. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Very eloquently asked. Hon Ken Travers: Let us see whether you have been quick enough to work out a response. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: It is an excellent question. Hon Kim Chance: Eloquent as well. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Very eloquently asked. Hon Ken Travers: Let us see whether you have been quick enough to work out a response. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
Hon Kim Chance: Eloquent as well. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Very eloquently asked. Hon Ken Travers: Let us see whether you have been quick enough to work out a response. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Very eloquently asked. Hon Ken Travers: Let us see whether you have been quick enough to work out a response. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
Hon Ken Travers: Let us see whether you have been quick enough to work out a response. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
(1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
(2) Has he responded to that report; if so, will he inform the House of the nature of that response? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for her question. Hon Ken Travers: An excellent question. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: It is an excellent question. Hon Kim Chance: Eloquent as well. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Very eloquently asked. Hon Ken Travers: Let us see whether you have been quick enough to work out a response. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for her question. Hon Ken Travers: An excellent question. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: It is an excellent question. Hon Kim Chance: Eloquent as well. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Very eloquently asked. Hon Ken Travers: Let us see whether you have been quick enough to work out a response. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
I thank the member for her question. Hon Ken Travers: An excellent question. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: It is an excellent question. Hon Kim Chance: Eloquent as well. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Very eloquently asked. Hon Ken Travers: Let us see whether you have been quick enough to work out a response. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
Hon Ken Travers: An excellent question. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: It is an excellent question. Hon Kim Chance: Eloquent as well. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Very eloquently asked. Hon Ken Travers: Let us see whether you have been quick enough to work out a response. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: It is an excellent question. Hon Kim Chance: Eloquent as well. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Very eloquently asked. Hon Ken Travers: Let us see whether you have been quick enough to work out a response. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
Hon Kim Chance: Eloquent as well. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Very eloquently asked. Hon Ken Travers: Let us see whether you have been quick enough to work out a response. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Very eloquently asked. Hon Ken Travers: Let us see whether you have been quick enough to work out a response. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
Hon Ken Travers: Let us see whether you have been quick enough to work out a response. Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS: Indeed. (1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
(1)-(2) I am aware of the report. I have responded to the report to date by way of a media statement. I will be responding more formally to the senate committee very shortly. This disgraceful report by the committee failed to take into account the interests of the Western Australian racing industry, in that it endorsed the concept that wagering not be excluded from the Bill. That means wasted investments on the part of the Totalisator Agency Board. It also means a loss of money to the racing industry. It is a disgraceful report on the part of the senate committee.
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