Original article by Tessa Akerman, Michael McKenna, Troy Bramston, Emily Ritchie
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 16-Aug-17

A consortium comprising Donald Trump and Kern Corporation submitted one of four bids to develop Sydney’s first casino in the 1980s. Cabinet minutes from May 1987 show that the New South Wales Police Board had recommended that the Trump consortium’s bid should be rejected. Amongst other things, the confidential report expressed concern about Trump’s alleged links to the mafia. A separate report by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Australia questioned whether the Trump bid was financially viable. Two of the other bidding consortiums also failed the police probity checks.

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