July
- Exclusive
- Restaurants
Crown offloads Nobu stake in deal valuing restaurant group at $1.3b
Blackstone-run Crown has had a 20 per cent stake in the acclaimed Japanese chain, part-owned by Robert De Niro, since James Packer bought in a decade ago.
- Nick Lenaghan and Matthew Cranston
June
Star casino chair lets loose on LinkedIn
Star Entertainment is celebrating its award-winning staff inclusion. What would the leader of the board think about it?
- Mark Di Stefano
All in the family for Gil McLachlan’s fantastic corporate adventure
The new jobs for the former AFL CEO include advising Blackstone, where his cousin is chairman of private equity.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The top 21 moments in Chanticleer history
The Chanticleer column has charted the highs and lows of corporate Australia since 1974. Here are a few of the highlights.
- James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald
- Updated
- Casinos
Ex-Virgin boss John Borghetti appointed Crown Resorts chairman
Bill McBeath, a veteran US casino executive who ran The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, will step aside but remain on the Blackstone-owned gaming group’s board.
- Updated
- Zoe Samios
May
- Exclusive
- Gaming & wagering
Brisbane developer emerges at centre of Star’s Hard Rock mystery
The Florida-based entertainment giant said it had not authorised its name for use, despite Star telling investors it had received a proposal.
- Updated
- Zoe Samios, Anthony Macdonald and Liam Walsh
Casino regulator bans Star staff from tables over collusion
The NSW Independent Casino Commission has banned the two employees from operating games in the state for a decade.
- Zoe Samios
Blackstone wants bigger Australia bet as brighter economy beckons
Jon Gray says the US private capital giant will look to increase its exposure to Australia ahead of what he expects will be an economic upswing.
- James Thomson
April
Super Retail’s alleged executive tryst packs heat on the board
Bombshell claims against CEO Anthony Heraghty have been aired in public, putting the spotlight on chairwoman Sally Pitkin.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
- Exclusive
- Casinos
Blackstone’s Crown to shed 1000 jobs in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth
Job losses will be split between the corporate division and the three casino precincts. Crown says the decision was driven by economic-related pressures.
- Zoe Samios
X owner Elon Musk doubles down on Sydney stabbing video
Billionaire Elon Musk has taken to X to question why the Australian eSafety Commissioner should have the authority to force his social media platform to block videos of a Sydney terror attack. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
Firm’s $14b closure; Crown Sydney’s win; the Dalio dilemma
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Crown Resorts finally gets the green light to run Sydney casino
The Blackstone-owned gaming giant had been subject to a string of restrictions after a NSW inquiry called into doubt its ability to properly run a casino.
- Zoe Samios
March
Crown to keep casino licence but will ‘never be too big to fail’
The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission has deemed Crown Melbourne suitable to keep its exclusive licence.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The $5b whack: why it’s time to come clean to Star’s shareholders
As the sheriff runs Star executives out of town again, things are starting to look like a corporate assassination and the sort of battle investors cannot win.
- Anthony Macdonald
Embattled Star caught in HWL Ebsworth breach
Hackers stole 2.5 million documents from HWL Ebsworth clients last April. Some of Star’s customers and employees were compromised.
- Zoe Samios
February
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why James Packer is the luckiest billionaire in Australia
Crown Resorts may have given him plenty of heartburn, but the latest ugly numbers from Star Entertainment show how well-timed the sale really was.
- James Thomson
Philip Crawford is on a one-man crusade against Star Entertainment
Depending on who is asked, the corporate lawyer turned casino regulator is either keeping the bastards honest – or hounding them out of business.
- Zoe Samios
Lendlease’s tax shenanigans are future people problems
In the best-case scenario, everyone wins. And should the ATO ensure the worst? Lendlease’s shareholders lose. Again.
- Myriam Robin
- Exclusive
- Gaming & wagering
Crown Resorts clears its CEO of law breaches
The gaming giant had been investigating whether Ciaran Carruthers intervened to allow patrons back into its casinos even after security had removed them.
- Updated
- Kylar Loussikian