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The Star Entertainment has provided an update to its discussions with its joint venture partner.

Star faces $36.5m blow if Queen’s Wharf deal flops

The major gaming operator says its negotiations with Hong Kong investors to sell its stake in the glitzy Brisbane precinct has hit a standstill, revealing an extension to the termination notice.

  • James Hall

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Star Brisbane casino workers have walked off the job on Friday.

Star workers walk off job in another blow for Brisbane casino

The union said its members had continued to show up while Star “blundered from disaster to disaster”, at times without the guarantee of pay at the end of the week.

  • Courtney Kruk
A rescue deal from Bally’s Corporation chairman Soo Kim is keeping Star afloat for now.

Star in peril as partners threaten casino deal

Star Entertainment’s task of staying solvent just got a lot trickier after its Asian partners threatened to walk away from their Brisbane deal.

  • Colin Kruger
A section of the Sky Deck in Brisbane has been closed after a crack was discovered.

Section of Star Brisbane’s Sky Deck closed after crack appears in panel

A casino spokesperson said the Sky Deck was still open but a section has been closed off for repair.

Eric Thomas, who changed his name from Gable Tostee while on trial over the death of Warriena Wright, said The Star had reacted unfairly to an alleged strangling in 2022.

Gable Tostee cries sexism following casino ban after alleged strangling

The Gold Coast man, who was acquitted after being charged with murdering his Tinder date in 2014, said the casino responded unfairly to the alleged domestic violence incident.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Bally’s chairman Soo Kim has big plans for Star.

How Star’s new owners plan a major overhaul

Think of the new Star Entertainment properties as a cross between what they are today and ones that will more closely resemble monster-sized RSLs.

  • Elizabeth Knight
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Will Bally’s bring the Biff to Queen’s Wharf?

Queenslanders were promised champagne and caviar. Turns out, we could end up with Coke and crackers.

  • Cameron Atfield
Bally’s Corporation chairman Soo Kim outside the Star Casino in Sydney.

‘Everything you knew is over’: Star casinos to ditch the glitz

Star Entertainment’s prospective new owner Bally’s boss Soo Kim says the Australian casino business will have to start life from scratch.

  • Supratim Adhikari and Elizabeth Knight
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Fallen Star: The inside story of how a casino was brought undone

Star was already on its knees when carded play was introduced to its Sydney casino, a measure that brought it completely undone.

  • Harriet Alexander
Bally’s chairman Soo Kim and one of its 19 properties, the Bally’s casino in Las Vegas.

Star casino falls to a new class of Wall Street predator

Cannabis, tobacco and Star casino may seem like an odd combination of interests, but Star’s rescuer is a different breed from recent US corporate predators.

  • Colin Kruger

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