The Star Entertainment Group
ABC newsreader jumps on stage with Coldplay
Reading the news one minute, gigging with Coldplay the next. It’s all in a day’s work for the national broadcaster’s main newsreader.
- by Stephen Brook, Kishor Napier-Raman and Danny Russell
Latest
‘Nuttier than a sackful of squirrel poo’: Barristers bicker over elections
Some of the state’s most senior lawyers took to LinkedIn to have a spirited discussion about their industry body.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
More uncertainty for Star investors despite licence reprieve
Star’s let-off in Sydney last week doesn’t change one harsh fact: it is still running out of money and the next year remains a brutal one.
- by Colin Kruger
Embattled Star keeps Sydney casino licence, cops $15m fine
Star Casino has been hit with a $15 million fine by the casino regulator, with the licence suspension extended until March next year.
- by Max Maddison
Opinion
Casinos
Bargain basement: Could Star’s Sydney casino be worth only $8 million?
The Sydney casino is worth less than its chief executive Steve McCann’s first-year pay cheque of $10 million, based on the report authored by Barrenjoey’s Matt Ryan.
- by Elizabeth Knight
$500m wiped from The Star as investors revolt after dismal result
The Star’s long-suffering investors have responded to the group’s $1.7 billion loss by sending the share price to just 25¢.
- by Amelia McGuire
Updated
Earnings season
‘On its knees’: The Star to cut jobs, sell assets following $1.7 billion loss
The ailing casino operator finally delivered its full-year results on Thursday, after snagging a last-ditch $200 million loan from its banks.
- by Amelia McGuire and Matt Dennien
Opinion
Casinos
Star Entertainment begs and borrows its way to survival
It is now so dependent on regulators and lenders that Star’s fortunes are largely outside its control.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Star casino employee charged over alleged betting scam
Two men including a Star employee have been charged over a scheme to rig bets in games at the embattled casino.
- by Jessica McSweeney
Billionaire high-roller who skipped town owing Star casino $43m ordered to repay debts
Singaporean gambling baron Yew Choy Wong signed a blank cheque. But when The Star casino staff tried to cash that cheque for $43m at a National Australia Bank branch on the Gold Coast, it bounced.
- by Courtney Kruk
Star sells Treasury Building to Griffith University for CBD campus
The university, which paid $67.5m for the heritage-listed building, plans to transform it into “a state-of-the-art educational environment” by 2027.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
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