NSW taxpayers liable if inquiry acts on Crown findings

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The state's taxpayers could be forced to pay millions of dollars in compensation to James Packer's Crown Resorts if the casino group is ordered to implement tighter controls to keep criminals out of its soon-to-open $2.2 billion Barangaroo facility | ...

it into business with high-roller "junket" tour operators tied to powerful criminal syndicates and let itself be used to launder dirty cash.The Sydney Morning Herald

Independent NSW MP Justin Field said the deed's implications for the inquiry were "outrageous" and could hamper the government acting on its recommendations to prevent organised crime and money laundering at Crown Sydney. A spokesman for NSW's minister for Customer Service, Victor Dominello, whose portfolio encompasses gambling licensing, said the minister was "aware of the terms of the agreement, including the compensation clauses".

Meanwhile questions has also been raised about Crown's intention to open its VIP casino in December this year, potentially before February 1, 2021 due date for the Bergin Inquiry to report its findings to ILGA.

 

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Unlikely. Hypothetically speaking, if defences based on “public policy” or “illegality” fail, the NSW government would still have 1 card up its sleeve based on recent WA law re Clive Palmer.If all else fails, just pass a law to prevent Crown from recovering damages from NSW.

So, incredibly rich people who make their money through criminal activities, gambling, drugs, prostitution are the victims in this story ? You have got to be kidding me, why the hell should taxpayers pay compensation to these undesirables & I'll include Packer in this bunch. Sick

'the gambling giant is entitled to claim compensation worth 10 and a half times the estimated negative financial impact from 'any action' the NSW government takes which changes, or has the effect of changing, its licence.' Who the hell signed off on that?

'If our mob clients aren't allowed to launder money in our casino then the taxpayer has to reimburse me'.

Gotta wash that drug money 💰

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