Australia news live: Hastie ‘not worried’ as One Nation eyes his seat and says he hopes to get their preferences

Luke Bateman, a former rugby league star, testified before a parliamentary inquiry on gambling reform, alleging that betting promoters supplied him cocaine and alcohol and that he attended private Gold Coast events where senior gambling executives took illegal drugs with clients. Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt responded that offering illegal drugs as inducement would be criminal.

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