Rhett Hammertonīut the casino giant’s options for proving it is committed to reform are shrinking, as the company reels from the fallout of a similar ruling in NSW which led to a slew of high-profile resignations and a concession from Star that it had not “acted with the necessary urgency” to fix its wrongdoing.
Star is the main partner in the $3.6 billion Queen’s Wharf project in Brisbane’s CBD. Star Entertainment is again scrambling to convince a gambling regulator that its casino licence should not be ripped after the Queensland government joined NSW to demand the company prove it could be trusted with the permit.Ī damning review into Star’s corporate culture and allegations by former judge Robert Gotterson of money laundering left it open to the Palaszczuk government to find the company was unfit to hold a casino licence, which could lead to the possible suspension or loss of its permits for its Brisbane and Gold Coast casinos and millions of dollars in fines.
