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James Packer

Latest news on Australian businessman James Packer from the Guardian

May 2024

  • Amanda Meade

    The weekly beast
    As News Corp rages over Laura Tingle, Sharri Markson bewails an ‘explosion of racism’ across Australia

    Amanda Meade
    Murdoch’s empire down under has been quietly reorganised – with a long, slow cull of journalists expected to follow

June 2023

  • An idyllic white sand beach with palm trees and a turquoise sea

    Opinion
    What’s the Caribbean without its beaches? But the people are losing access to them

    Kenneth Mohammed
    Barring public access to beaches and other sites is not a model for development. Transparency and engagement are needed

November 2022

  • Former NSW premier Mike Baird at the inquiry.

    Mike Baird met with James Packer months before Barangaroo deal with Crown, inquiry hears

    Former NSW premier tells parliamentary committee of ‘limited discussion’ about sight lines at 2015 meeting

August 2022

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    Nine publisher says he was not contacted by Peter Costello over Nine’s Crown coverage

    James Chessell sends email to staff after both he and the Nine chairman were the subject of an email attack by James Packer

March 2022

  • A Crown Casino logo adorns the side of the premises in Melbourne

    Austrac takes legal action against Crown Resorts, alleging breach of finance laws

    Casino company accused of oversight failures leading to 547 breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws

January 2022

  • The board of Crown Resorts, which operates Melbourne’s Crown Casino (pictured), says it is ready to accept a takeover bid from Blackstone.

    Crown Resorts board ready to accept takeover offer after Blackstone sweetens bid

    If the deal goes ahead, James Packer stands to pocket about $3.1bn for his stake in the casino group

October 2021

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    James Packer admits to ‘many oversights’ at Perth Crown casino during royal commission hearing

    Billionaire conceded he did not attend board meetings after leaving the country and did not ensure the board had a written charter

August 2021

  • Melbourne’s Crown Casino

    Heavy is the Crown: future of Melbourne’s gaming giant at stake in royal commission

  • Brian Henderson

    Brian Henderson, Sydney newsreader and Bandstand host, dies aged 89

May 2021

  • FILE PHOTO: Crown Resorts Ltd’s flagship tower nears completion at Barangaroo, Sydney, Australia, April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Coates/File Photo

    Crown agrees to indoor smoking ban and cashless gambling in casinos

    Deal with NSW casino regulator moves James Packer’s company closer to opening Barangaroo gaming floor
  • The Crown casino tower at Barangaroo in Sydney

    Competition watchdog to hold public inquiry into Crown merger with Star casino group

    Exclusive: ACCC chairman Rod Sims says he will look at the impacts on competition if gambling companies are allowed to merge
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    James Packer’s ties with Israeli PM and spy chief became ‘national risk’ – report

    Australian tycoon was obsessed with Israel’s elite, once kissing feet of an ex-president, local media reports

April 2021

  • James Packer appears before Patricia Bergin’s NSW casino enquiry last year

    James Packer’s company strikes deal with regulator in bid to help Crown retain casino licences

    The deal with the NSW gaming authority would see Packer’s company reduce influence over the casino operator

March 2021

  • Crown casino in Melbourne, Australia

    'A harm-production factory': Crown casino faces scrutiny over problem gambling

  • Crown Resorts’ hotel and casino complex in Melbourne

    Crown Resorts Victoria casino inquiry told 'delays will not be tolerated'

  • Blackstone Group takeover bid offers Packer end to Crown Resorts nightmare

    Crown Resorts: US private equity group Blackstone offers James Packer exit strategy

  • crown's mirrored tower against a blue sky

    Crown Resorts employees 'instructed to use codewords' when discussing China operations

February 2021

  • Crown casino in Melbourne

    Victoria to establish royal commission into Melbourne's Crown casino

    Victoria’s inquiry follows a NSW report into Crown Resorts’ alleged money laundering and organised crime links
  • The Crown Resorts development at Barangaroo in Sydney

    Crown Resorts CEO Ken Barton and director Andrew Demetriou reportedly resign

    The company had said further ‘board renewal’ was part of its plan to make itself suitable to hold a casino licence in Sydney
  • A general view of the Crown development at Barangaroo in Sydney, Wednesday, February 10, 2021. (AAP Image/Paul Braven) NO ARCHIVING

    Packer’s directors quit Crown board after damning report scuppers Sydney casino opening

    Regulator says company must clean up its act after inquiry report finds links to organised crime
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