Reece Whitby <\/strong>assumed in a cabinet reshuffle in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhitby said: “Under the act, it’s my responsibility to make those appointments, so I think that is the right way to proceed. He said ensuring the right people on the board was “key,” and that the current membership was “absolutely spot on.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked if changes to the system would be considered, Whitby said there is a good system that looks at skills and abilities. He also said that the minister of the day would have the advantage of a skills matrix that the GWC will prepare to evaluate new members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to ABC, Whitby said: “While work still needs to be done to embed these improvements and ensure effective risk mitigations, the government strongly supports the cultural and structural change required to ensure stability and accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I want to assure you the government is committed to restoring the community’s confidence and the state’s only casino is managed in a responsible way and provides a safe, well-regulated environment for patrons and the 5,000 people who work there.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added: “A lot has changed in terms of technology and electronic gaming, but I think expectations have increased also, and a lot has been revealed by the royal commissions both here and in other states. Everyone with a smartphone now has a gaming machine in their pocket, potentially, and that’s an approach that we’ll look at and work with the federal government.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He noted that the state’s ban on slot machines<\/strong> will be maintained, saying: “There is no way, at all, this government will ever allow poker machines in Western Australia.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Western Australia’s gaming minister has defended not setting up a group to advise on who oversees Crown Perth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15797,"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 Western Australian government has responded to the Royal Commission report on Crown Perth, agreeing with 49 of 59 recommendations but rejecting the formation of a nominations committee for the Gaming and Wagering Commission (GWC). Gaming Minister Reece Whitby defended his prerogative to appoint GWC members, emphasizing the current board's suitability and the government's commitment to restoring public confidence and ensuring responsible casino management.","focusai_entities":"Crown Perth, Crown Resorts, Western Australia Royal Commission, Gaming and Wagering Commission (GWC), Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, Lanie Chopping, Reece Whitby, ABC, federal government","focusai_location":"Western Australia, Perth, Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GWC Appointment Transparency","query":"What specific criteria will be included in the GWC's 'skills matrix,' and how will the minister ensure transparency and mitigate political influence in future appointments, given the rejection of an independent nominations committee?"},{"label":"Federal Gaming Collaboration","query":"What is the scope and timeline for the proposed collaboration with the federal government on 'electronic gaming,' and how might this initiative impact Western Australia's existing regulatory framework and the state's ban on slot machines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156,158],"tags":[20215,23911],"class_list":["post-777003386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","tag-crown-perth","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003386","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=777003386"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777003403,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003386\/revisions\/777003403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777003386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777003386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777003386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}