Star Entertainment’s new owner wants to keep running Queen’s Wharf

Zoe Samios and Anthony Macdonald

Jul 6, 2025 – 12.00pm

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Bally’s Corporation says it does not want to lose control of Star Entertainment’s Queen’s Wharf precinct in Brisbane, as the casino business it will soon control argues with its partners over the operations of the entertainment complex.

Queen’s Wharf is the newest of Star’s three precincts – the others are in Sydney and on the Gold Coast – and was developed with the backing of its Hong Kong-based shareholders.

Zoe Samios covers wagering and the business of sport from the AFR's Sydney newsroom. She was previously the media and telecommunications reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and covered media at The Australian.

Anthony Macdonald is a Chanticleer columnist. He is a former Street Talk co-editor and has 10 years' experience as a business journalist and worked at PwC, auditing and advising financial services companies.