{"id":30130,"date":"2022-05-25T06:24:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T09:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=30130"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:25:11","slug":"authorities-in-queensland-reject-curbs-on-casino-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/authorities-in-queensland-reject-curbs-on-casino-hours","title":{"rendered":"Authorities in Queensland reject curbs on casino hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposal \u2013 part of an effort to curb alcohol-related violence \u2013 has been rejected by the state government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia.- The Queensland government has rejected proposed <strong>restrictions on casino hours<\/strong>, arguing that the venues are monitored and have higher security than other venues. The government also rejected recommendations that there be a public assessment of the Queens Wharf casino&#8217;s impact on alcohol-related violence and that all safe night zones be <strong>closed by 3.30am<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities argued that &#8220;the removal of 24-hour trading hours would be inconsistent with the government\u2019s plans for creating a \u2018new world city\u2019 for Brisbane,&nbsp;the intent of the development of&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/queens-wharf-brisbane-on-track-for-2022-opening\" target=\"_blank\">Queen\u2019s Wharf Brisbane<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Queens Wharf development is backed by\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/former-star-chairman-admits-hiring-unqualified-executives\" target=\"_blank\">the Star Entertainment Group<\/a>\u00a0as the company plans to move its Brisbane casino from its current location in the old Treasury building to Queens Wharf. The\u00a0<strong>new AU$3.6bn casino in Brisbane<\/strong>\u00a0is expected to open by late 2022 and will have up to 2,500 poker machines and potentially hundreds of gaming tables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk<\/strong>\u00a0stated: &#8220;The report shows there&#8217;s been a 49 per cent drop in the number of serious assaults between 3am and 6am on Friday and Saturday nights across Queensland.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key government policy measures include changing the limit for liquor transactions in secure areas from 5am to 3am and making ID scanners mandatory for a large number of venues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The proposal \u2013 part of an effort to curb alcohol-related violence \u2013 has been rejected by the state government.<\/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 Queensland government has rejected proposals to restrict casino operating hours, including for the upcoming Queens Wharf development by Star Entertainment Group. Citing existing security measures and the 'new world city' vision for Brisbane, authorities dismissed recommendations to close venues by 3:30 am and conduct a public assessment of the casino's impact on alcohol-related violence. This decision maintains 24-hour trading for casinos, while other policy measures like mandatory ID scanners and adjusted liquor transaction limits are being implemented.","focusai_entities":"Queensland government, Star Entertainment Group, Annastacia Palaszczuk","focusai_location":"Australia, Queensland, Brisbane","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact","query":"What is the projected incremental GGR impact for Star Entertainment Group's Queens Wharf development, given the Queensland government's decision to maintain 24-hour trading?"},{"label":"Regulatory Precedent","query":"How might the Queensland government's rationale for rejecting casino hour restrictions influence future regulatory compliance frameworks or licensing conditions in other Australian jurisdictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156,158],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-30130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30130","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=30130"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30134,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30130\/revisions\/30134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}