AdvertisementPoliticsFederalGambling Coalition will force Albanese to cede ground on gambling reforms Natassia Chrysanthos Updated August 5, 2026 — 5:03pm ,first published 1:56pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Alex Ellinghausen Communications Minister Anika Wells has spoken with both her Coalition and Greens counterparts this week. Coalition communications spokeswoman Sarah Henderson said the Albanese government had come up with a bill that was “riddled with deficiencies and must be significantly amended”. An option being pushed by gambling reform advocates and Liberal MP Simon Kennedy is for an “opt-in” online model instead. “The bill ignores gambling inducements which are causing immeasurable harm to some Australians.