Tuesday, February 09, 2021

James Packer’s Crown Resorts unsuitable to hold casino licence in NSW, report finds


Patricia Bergin SC, who chaired inquiry into money laundering, says the company must make sweeping changes if it is to hold licence for casino at Barangaroo in Sydney


The NSW government will release the findings of its long-running probe into Crown Resorts under parliamentary privilege so it can defend itself against potential defamation claims launched by the casino giant’s executives.

The precaution foreshadows potentially explosive findings in former Supreme Court judge Patricia Bergin’s 800-page report into Crown’s suitability to keep the licence for its new $2.2 billion Barangaroo casino, which will be released on Tuesday afternoon following an 18-month investigation.



Unfit and under fire: Packer’s Crown is rudderless and vulnerable