{"id":16771,"date":"2021-04-12T15:07:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T15:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16771"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:28:05","slug":"western-australia-begins-royal-commission-into-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/western-australia-begins-royal-commission-into-crown","title":{"rendered":"Western Australia begins Royal Commission into Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Royal Commission will decide if Crown Resorts is suitable to continue holding a casino gaming licence for Crown Perth and will investigate Western Australia’s regulatory framework for the gambling industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- The state\u2019s Royal Commission began today as its chair, Neville Owen<\/strong>, announced the procedure it will follow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commission will follow two lines of investigation: one into Crown Resorts’ suitability to continue holding a casino gaming licence<\/strong> for Crown Perth, while the other will entail a comprehensive review of the state’s regulatory framework for gaming.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice Owen will work with Supreme Court judge Lindy Jenkins and former auditor-general Colin Murphy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Owen has said he will take into account other investigations<\/strong> into Crown: the Bergin inquiry<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and the Victoria’s Royal Commission, which will investigate\u00a0if Crown Resorts is suitable to maintain its licence for its Melbourne casino<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Royal Commission is expected to deliver an internal report by June 30 and a final report by November 14<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Western Australian’s regulator, has already prohibited Crown Resorts from running high-roller activities at its Perth casino<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another former SkyCity man joins Crown board<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Following the\u00a0appointment of former Skycity Entertainment CEO Nigel Morrison<\/a><\/em> to Crown Resorts’ board, Crown has now announced Bruce Carter, formerly deputy chair of SkyCity, <\/strong>as a non-executive director. Carter oversaw the expansion development at SkyCity Adelaide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crown\u2019s executive chairman, Helen Coonan, said: “Bruce brings to the Crown Board the ideal blend of commercial, governance and gaming sector expertise <\/strong>and is respected across Australia for his contribution to corporate and government roles.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coonan also announced that Professor John Horvath will retire as a director at Crown<\/strong> from April 14. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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