Packerâs crown of thorns
The casino businessâ âask-no-hard-questionsâ culture found itself caught up in a dramatic swing of regulatory direction in NSW.
Sometimes, Crownâs 75-floor Barangaroo casino tower has seemed just a personal property holding for James Packer, and nothing more.Â
Jessica Hromas
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Over the years, Crown Sydney has represented far more than a new second casino in the harbour-front suburb of Barangaroo.
For James Packer, the casino groupâs endlessly scrutinised and unpredictable billionaire majority owner who bought two floors for $60 million back in 2017, itâs fairly consistently been âa gift to the cityâ and âthe thing that will draw me backâ.
Hunt for new ASIC chairman key to repair
Jan 31, 2021 â 11.30pm
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The recently departed head of Britainâs Financial Conduct Authority, Chris Woolard, and deputy chairman of the prudential regulator John Lonsdale are among a host of names being bandied about to become the new head of the besieged Australian Securities and Investment Commission.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is giving recruiters three months to search far and wide for a heavy-hitting chairman, amid calls for a safe pair of hands to repair the bruised and battered regulator and who would be expected to step into a more traditional chief executive role as part of a shake-up.
Updated Jan 24, 2021 | 09:20 IST
A large number of social media users did not buy Rose s story and said the act of colouring an animal is just cruel. Woman gets blasted for dyeing her dog s fur | Photo Credit: Facebook
A woman from Canada has been heavily cirticised online for dyeing her dog in multiple colours.
Nicole Rose from Ontario has drawn a lot of flak but has defended her actions, claiming her rescue dog Stella loves colours and they help bring her out of her shell .
Rose was a guest at This Morning last week, where she spoke about her 5-month old dog and how she adopted her.
âWe want revengeâ: Violent demonstrations signal a fractured left
By Marissa J. Lang and Kimberly Kindy
January 25, 2021 â 8.05am
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Washington: The hundreds of far-left and anarchist demonstrators who gathered in protest mere hours after President Joe Biden swore the oath of office last week, amid a prevailing calm helped greatly by the presence of thousands National Guard troops nationwide, signal a fracturing on the left that could become a scourge for the new administration, political leaders and experts say.
Violent and destructive activity among far-left groups has been increasing nationwide, according to a recent study by the Transnational Threats Project at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, a non-profit policy research group. Though nearly 70 per cent of terrorist attacks and plots in the US last year were committed by white supremacists and far-right militia groups, according to the study, the portion l