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The commission, flagged last month, comes off the back of the Bergin inquiry and is expected to deliver interim findings by June

Western Australia reveals inquiry into Crown Resorts will be Royal Commission 342 VIEWS The government of Western Australia has revealed that it will follow the lead of Victoria by holding a Royal Commission into the suitability of Crown Resorts to continue holding a casino license for Crown Perth. Friday’s announcement follows a recent call by the Gaming and Wagering Commission of Western Australia (GWC) for an independent inquiry to be held into Crown Resorts in the wake of the Bergin Report, which found Crown unsuitable to operate a casino in the state of NSW. Victoria announced on 22 Fe...

Online stockbroker CommSec could face a penalty on top of $6.5 million it has refunded for breaches including overcharging brokerage fees.

James Packer's casino empire has been dealt another blow with the revelation that Crown Resorts underpaid hundreds of workers. Crown reported itself to the Fair Work Ombudsman after stories surfaced of widespread underpayment of hospitality workers including at the casino giant's high-profile restaurants Dinner by Heston and Rockpool Bar & Grill. But the underpayments that the Ombudsman is investigating at Crown are separate to those of its rock-star restaurants and involve workers employed directly.  Pictured: James Packer and Kylie Lim at St Tropez, France, in 2018. Mr Packer's casino empi...

When the chips are down, can Andrews walk away from Crown’s table? We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement In the three decades since Crown opened its first casino in Melbourne it has hedged its bets on both sides of politics. The mates network it has built, stronger than perhaps anything the state’s body politic has ever seen, has helped grease the wheels in Victoria since the day Labor’s Joan Kirner gave a casino her blessing and the Liberal Party’s Jeff Kennett turbo-charged things. Las...