Crown Casino

Back in 2012, Eliza was covering NSW politics for ABC News.

At the same time, James Packer approached NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell with a proposal to build a casino, luxury hotel and entertainment complex at Barangaroo.

The Labor Opposition supported the project which created loads of jobs and Sydney's second casino became a fait accompli.

Almost a decade later, the casino has been build, but Crown Resorts has been deemed unsuitable to operate it because of poor corporate governance and the company's links to organised crime.

It's a huge corporate scandal.

Also this week, Geraldine falls in love with Sicily.

And Eliza starts Season 3 of the French drama "The Bureau".

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AFR: Crown report exposes "power of money" https://www.afr.com/companies/games-and-wagering/crown-report-exposes-power-of-money-and-lobbying-20210210-p5715a?fbclid=IwAR1kksupC8mWaYFEZFBvc5j8PAuKMK7hOskfV65Be13c-1wvFgBEzroKdB8

SBS: The Bureau https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/the-bureau

Michael Portillo - Sicily https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lwmr