Outgoing Star Entertainment executive chairman John O’Neill said “louder alarm bells started ringing” about what misconduct may be happening “under our roof” during the Victorian royal commission into rival Crown Resorts, an inquiry heard.

Giving evidence to the NSW probe that has cost him and most of his colleagues their jobs, Mr O’Neill said on Monday that it was “somewhat of an understatement to say [Star was having] a cathartic moment” and “that moment requires as much cleansing as possible”.