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Australian Open to be forced to move from Melbourne.
The ABC is reporting that
Dubai and
Doha, which hosted the qualifying events ahead of this yearâs tournament, are being considered as potential host cities if the slam needs to be relocated.
The report indicates that players would be unwilling to go into hard quarantine, the way they did this year, in order to compete in the open.
But Australian Open tournament director
Craig Tiley has told the Sydney Morning Herald that there were no plans to move the tournament from Melbourne:
I mentioned to the team the other day that we climbed Mt Everest and, unfortunately, we are going to be at base camp again.
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Crown Resorts allegedly lied to its regulator and adopted a belligerent attitude towards an investigation into the arrest of 19 of its staff in China, an inquiry into the James Packer-backed casino operator has heard.
A royal commission into Crown, called by Victoriaâs Andrews government, also heard that the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation was still considering referring the company to the stateâs supreme court for failing to properly respond to notices ordering it to produce documents for use in the investigation.
The commission opened public hearings on Monday with testimony from Timothy Bryant, a compliance officer at the VCGLR who worked on an investigation into the arrests of Crown staff in 2016 over allegations of illegally promoting gambling in China.
Casino Royale: more fronts open in Crownâs battle for survival
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Helen Coonan was preparing for another chaotic week when she received a phone call mid-afternoon on Sunday that would intensify the storm already swirling around casino giant Crown Resorts.
After months of searching, Crownâs executive chairman was ready to announce on Monday she had found a new chief executive to take the reins at the wounded James Packer-backed group: outgoing Lendlease boss Steve McCann.
Crown Resorts chairman Helen Coonan giving evidence to the NSW inquiry last year.