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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...

The Crown royal commission will not scrutinise Victoria’s gambling laws or the gaming watchdog in a move the Opposition and anti-gambling advocates say is a missed opportunity to fix the state’s failed regulatory system.

Victorian Opposition target Crown Casino Royal Commission 23/02/2021|3min The Andrews government is facing criticism over its decision to launch a Royal Commission into Melbourne’s Crown Casino – with one Opposition member arguing the government was shamed into holding the inquiry. The Victorian government on Monday called for a Royal Commission after a New South Wales inquiry into Crown’s flagship Sydney casino found evidence of money laundering and links to organised crime. Opposition gaming spokeswoman Steph Ryan said the state government was shamed into the decision which Premier ...

‘Protection racket’: Victoria isolated after WA acts on Crown findings We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Victoria is growing increasingly isolated in its tepid response to evidence that organised crime syndicates infiltrated Crown Melbourne and used the casino’s bank accounts to launder drug money, after Western Australia launched an independent review of the group’s casino licence. The WA government on Wednesday ordered an inquiry with royal commission powers to review the James Pac...

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