Submissions to a parliamentary committee considering a proposed tightening of casino regulation have urged changes to the Queensland government’s approach.
, in a series of recently published submissions to a parliamentary committee considering a tightening of casino regulations in the northern state.
The proposed legislation, being considered by a parliamentary committee which may yet hold a public hearing with Star representatives, came asabout the company’s efforts to court blacklisted gamblers from interstate and a lack of police action to issue banning notices. Hogg played down the role of gambling in the under-construction Queen’s Wharf development and spruiked what he described as the company’s efforts working “proactively” with Queensland police and other law enforcement agencies aroundHe also sought to distance its Queensland operations from those under clouds in NSW, suggesting changes allowing Fentiman to consider the findings of other inquiries into a casino licence holder or an associated entity may “give rise to some issues” that deny “the...
The bill would also introduce a new power allowing the government to create and enforce harm minimisation measures with fines, a move criticised by Clubs Queensland and the Queensland Hotels Association in their submissions to the committee.
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