{"id":15022,"date":"2021-02-22T13:32:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T13:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=15022"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:39:14","slug":"royal-commission-to-probe-crown-melbourne-suitability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/royal-commission-to-probe-crown-melbourne-suitability","title":{"rendered":"Royal Commission to probe Crown Melbourne suitability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state of Victoria has announced it will establish a Royal Commission into the Crown Melbourne casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia.- The state government of Victoria is to launch a royal commission to decide if Crown Resorts is suitable to maintain its licence for its <strong>Melbourne casino<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melissa Horne, Victoria\u2019s minister for liquor and gaming regulation, decided the move was <strong>the most appropriate response<\/strong> to failings identified in New South Wales&#8217; inquiry into the casino operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Royal Commission will be chaired by former Federal Court judge Raymond Finkelstein QC and will aim to report back to the Victorian government<strong> by August 1<\/strong> and no later than the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the meantime, <strong>Crown Melbourne will continue to operate<\/strong> \u201cbut within the context of the Royal Commission examining its suitability.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Government also wants to establish an independent casino regulator to advise on <strong>structural and governance arrangements<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, Crown Executive Chairman Helen Coonan said: \u201cCrown welcomes the announcement from the Victorian Government as <strong>it provides an opportunity to detail the reforms and changes to our business<\/strong> to deliver the highest standards of governance and compliance, and an organizational culture that meets community expectations.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news comes after Harold Mitchell, a non-executive director, resigned from Crown Resorts following the departures of <strong>Guy Jalland, Michael Johnston, Andrew Demetriou<\/strong>, <strong>Mary Manos<\/strong> and former CEO and managing director <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-resorts-ceo-resigns\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ken Barton<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state of Victoria has announced it will establish a Royal Commission into the Crown Melbourne casino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Victorian government has initiated a Royal Commission into Crown Melbourne to assess its suitability to retain its casino license, following identified failings in a New South Wales inquiry. Chaired by Raymond Finkelstein QC, the commission will report by year-end, while the state also plans to establish an independent casino regulator. This development follows significant executive resignations at Crown Resorts.","focusai_entities":"Crown Melbourne, Crown Resorts, Victoria, Melissa Horne, Raymond Finkelstein QC, Helen Coonan, Harold Mitchell, Guy Jalland, Michael Johnston, Andrew Demetriou, Mary Manos, Ken Barton, New South Wales","focusai_location":"Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, New South Wales","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Crown's GGR?","query":"What is the projected impact on Crown Melbourne's Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) during and after the Royal Commission, particularly if operational restrictions are imposed?"},{"label":"Regulatory Precedent?","query":"How might the findings of Victoria's Royal Commission and the establishment of an independent regulator influence regulatory compliance and governance frameworks for other B2C operators across Australian gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,28],"tags":[14657],"class_list":["post-15022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","tag-crown-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15022"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15047,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15022\/revisions\/15047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}