Andrews says Crown must be 'accountable', announces royal commission

The work of the Bergin Inquiry exposed the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation and the state government for failing to act on allegations raised by whistleblowers, the media and MPs dating back years.The State Cabinet signed off on the royal commission this afternoon.

"Which is why we're establishing a royal commission to get the answers we need about Crown Melbourne,'' she said. The VCGLR has been investigating some of those allegations including money laundering and junket operators.examine whether Victoria should set up an independent casino regulator, separate from the VCGLRIn the wake of the Bergin Inquiry, the State Opposition called for a judicial review into Crown because the regulator had proven to be a "lap dog'' of the casino.

An inept Andrews government finally being shamed into action by Gladys, despite Dan knowing for years what has been going on in Crown Melbourne. What’s the spin this time - it’s a Fed Govt responsibility

Money Laundering Sounds like Federal Treasury

Would have been a better outcome if they were running Hotel Quarantine.

Honestly, he's just taking the piss now 🤣

Dan the man, who refused to be accountable for anything, says Crown must be held accountable with a royal commission, absolutely laughable!

Andrews doesn’t know what the word accountable means

Aaahh, that's lovely Dan .... good to see you're following Gladys' Gold Standard of Govt. Keep it up (ya lemming).

Should have given DanielAndrewsMP like Lyndsey Fox did then instead of a royal commission they would be looking at renting land to the government for millions of dollars.

A royal commission into a gambling scam but 800 dead from his government doesn't deserve one... hmm.. sounds about right from this racket...

A royal commission into iconic wildlife extinction under your watch DanielAndrewsMP

Despite numerous warnings and demands for enquires for the past 7 years, Andrews ignored all calls. Now all of a sudden he wants a Royal Commission? These RC's have a way of coming back and biting Govt's on the bum.

Royal commission on the wildlife extinction under your watch DanielAndrewsMP

why a fresh inquiry? DanielAndrewsMP should just quote the NSW inquiry and send his police straight into Crown casino and arrest everyone, lock them all up, and throw away the keys! if Murdoch journos turn up during the raid, arrest them too!

they must be acrowntable

He didn’t say that did he 😂😂😂 Surely not?

But the government doesn’t need to be accountable about hotel quarantine. Interesting

Surely they can say it was just a creeping assumption and blame it on poor memories? springst

Let the fun begin. We need this 😂

Licensing shouldn't exist, this is a waste of tax money, government is evil.

How about Andrews be responsible for the deaths of 800 innocent Victorians that he cause through his incompetence and corruption. Why couldn’t he call a royal commission into that DanielAndrewsMP

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