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The Gold Coast Suns will indirectly mark the tenth anniversary of their AFL debut when they host Carlton at Metricon Stadium this Saturday night as part of a huge Round 4 of the 2021 AFL season.
It seemed like only yesterday the club, which had the working name GC17, took to the field for its first ever AFL match which was played against the Blues on a warm Saturday evening at the Gabba, with the visitors winning by a whopping 119 points.
Another Crown Resorts director steps down as NSW regulator flexes muscle
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John Poynton has become the fifth Crown Resorts director to step down in less than a month as the company’s boardroom makeover continues in the wake of the recent Bergin Report.
Crown announced Monday morning that Poynton, who had previously resisted calls to step aside, had agreed to make way following pressure from the NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA). The Authority had questioned Poynton’s independence from majority shareholder James Packer given his former role as a consultant to Packer’s Consolidated Press Holdings.
“The ILGA has advised Crown that it considers it appropriate that John step down as a director of all companies within the Crown group, due to a perceived lack of independence arising out of his past relationship with Mr James Packer and CPH, notwithstanding the recent termination of John’s consultancy arrangement with CPH,” said Executive Chairman
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 empire has been dealt another blow
Crown Casino in Melbourne has been rocked by an investigation into underpaid wages right after a Royal Commission was launched
When the chips are down, can Andrews walk away from Crownâs table?
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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 stateâs body politic has ever seen, has helped grease the wheels in Victoria since the day Laborâs Joan Kirner gave a casino her blessing and the Liberal Partyâs Jeff Kennett turbo-charged things.
Last week, Crownâs luck ran out.
Green light for royal commission into Crown Melbourne
By Emma Ryan|24 February 2021
The future of Melbourne’s Crown Casino hangs in the balance following the Victorian government confirming a highly anticipated royal commission into the gambling giant would go ahead, following damning allegations of illegal behaviour and questions as to whether it has the right to continue to hold its licence.
The $5 million Royal Commission into Crown Melbourne Ltd (Crown Melbourne) will examine the business’ suitability to hold its Victorian casino licence, as well as the suitability of its associates, including Crown Resorts Ltd, a statement from the Victorian government confirmed this week.