Star’s HK partner cleared by Queensland watchdog
Star Entertainment’s Hong Kong partners on the $3.9bn Queens Wharf project have been cleared by Queensland regulators following an investigation into its links with criminals.
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A seriously ill Brisbane restaurateur Andrew Park will be flown back to Australia after friends raised more than $200,000 in less than a day to fund the emergency evacuation.
Bell launches broadside at lack of change at troubled Star
Casino inquiry boss Adam Bell SC has slammed the slow progress of Star Entertainment to clean up its act, contrasting it to successful reform efforts at rival Crown Resorts.
Star director’s ‘heart sank’ amid battle with regulator
Star Entertainment non-executive director Peter Hodgson says his ‘heart sank’ when he realised the troubled casino group was antagonising the regulator that wanted it to accelerate reforms.
Star chair Foster makes sudden exit
Star Entertainment executive chair David Foster has left the group, amid claims he fuelled already deteriorating relations with the NSW Independent Casino Commission.
Crown to slash 1000 jobs as tourist numbers dive
There will be redundancies across the entire Crown Resorts group, including some management roles, with most job losses in Melbourne and Sydney.
Hostile takeover: Swan’s sand venture bogged down
Former Labor treasurer Wayne Swan may have once been named the world’s best finance minister, but his career as a corporate raider has become bogged down of late in Far North Qld.
Star board to front Bell inquiry
Star Entertainment’s directors will face the Bell inquiry for its final week, following a torrid fortnight that included allegations of a toxic corporate culture at the troubled casino operator.
$15m Noosa stoush as high-flying developer falls out with friends
A bumper wheat crop back in 1970s meant farmer Ian Cameron could buy beachfront property in then burgeoning Noosa with friends. The deal has now taken a strange legal twist.
Ousted Star boss: ‘They called me arrogant and slow’
Ousted Star Entertainment chief Robbie Cooke departed after he was accused by the regulator of ‘being arrogant, not listening and too slow’.
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