GOVERNMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS – NEW SOUTH WALES

Casinos need separate watchdog: O’Neill

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Original article by Jared Lynch
The Australian – Page: 15 : 26-May-22

The Star Entertainment Group’s outgoing executive chairman John O’Neill has expressed support for a new regulatory body specifically to monitor casinos. He has told an inquiry into Star’s suitability to hold its NSW casino licence that the Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority cannot be expected to oversee and monitor two casinos and every pub and club in the state. O’Neill added that investors have indicated that they are in favour of better regulation of large listed companies. O’Neill recently announced that he will step down from The Star’s board.

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THE STAR ENTERTAINMENT GROUP LIMITED – ASX SGR, NEW SOUTH WALES. INDEPENDENT LIQUOR AND GAMING AUTHORITY

Packer, Ho told to front Crown inquiry

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Original article by Deborah Cornwall
The Australian – Page: 3 : 22-Jan-20

Businessman James Packer has been ordered to appear before the New South Wales Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority’s inquiry into Crown Resorts’ casino operations. Macau-based gambling tycoon Lawrence Ho has also been asked to appear before the inquiry, which was prompted by Packer’s decision to sell a 19.9 per cent stake in Crown to Ho’s Melco Resorts. This deal will be scrutinised by two of the inquiry’s five separate hearings, amid concern that the transaction could potentially breach Crown’s NSW gambling licence. Other hearings will examine issues such as allegations of money-laundering.

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CROWN RESORTS LIMITED – ASX CWN, MELCO RESORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED, NEW SOUTH WALES. INDEPENDENT LIQUOR AND GAMING AUTHORITY

Fewer injuries but aggression worse

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Original article by Michael Koziol
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 4 : 2-Sep-14

A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry will hold a public hearing on lockout laws for licensed venues on 4 September 2014. The rules were introduced in February, and prohibit venues from admitting patrons after 1:30am. The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons’ submission to the inquiry notes that the laws have led to fewer people attending St Vincent’s hospital with alcohol-related injuries, although proprietors of some venues say the lockout has led to increased violence toward staff

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ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, SIDE BAR, THE STAR, ECHO ENTERTAINMENT GROUP LIMITED – ASX EGP

Concern over progress of NSW children taught at home

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Original article by Alexandra Smith
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 2 : 26-Aug-14

The New South Wales Government’s parliamentary inquiry into home schooling will commence public hearings in September 2014. Some 3,238 students were registered for home schooling in the state in December 2013, but groups that are involved in home schooling believe that the unofficial figure is much higher. The Department of Education’s submission to the inquiry notes the lack of procedures to gauge the true extent of unregistered home education

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NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPT OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITIES, HOME EDUCATION NETWORK, NEW SOUTH WALES. BOARD OF STUDIES, NEW SOUTH WALES. OMBUDSMAN’S OFFICE