Analysts have warned that the Queen’s Wharf integrated resort in Brisbane could be harmed by Queensland’s review into The Star Entertainment Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Australia.- The future of the Queen’s Wharf integrated resort in Brisbane will depend on what happens Queensland’s review into the suitability of The Star Entertainment Group<\/a>\u00a0to continue to hold casino licences in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to analysts, if The Star is deemed unsuitable to continue holding a casino licence, it is unlikely to go ahead with the development of the complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr Charles Livingstone, a gambling researcher\u00a0and associate professor at Monash University\u2019s School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, told The Guardian that a casino was an important part of the development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, he added that The Star Entertainment Group could get a conditional licence even if it is deemed unsuitable, as happened with\u00a0Crown Resorts in Perth<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Melbourne<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Queen\u2019s Wharf Brisbane development is a Destination Brisbane Consortium project, a joint venture led by The Star Entertainment Group and its Hong Kong-based partners, Chow Tai Fook Enterprises and Far East Consortium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It will include four luxury hotels, 50 new bars and restaurants, a retail area, up to 2,000 residential apartments and the equivalent of 12 football fields of public space. It is expected to host 2,500 slot machines<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to the review, The Star Entertainment Group said in a statement: \u201cFurther details, including the terms of reference and timeframes, once considered by the Queensland Cabinet, will be made available as they become known.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n It said it continues to cooperate with relevant regulatory authorities<\/strong>, including the Queensland Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation and the ongoing review being conducted by Adam Bell SC in relation to The Star Sydney.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Analysts have warned that the Queen’s Wharf integrated resort in Brisbane could be harmed by Queensland’s review into The Star Entertainment Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":28311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,154,158],"tags":[23911,24103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30794"}],"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=30794"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30810,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30794\/revisions\/30810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}