Victoria’s royal commission into Crown Resorts will go further than the New South Wales (NSW) inquiry, according to former judge Ray Finkelstein, who added that delays in producing documents will not be tolerated

Victoria’s royal commission into Crown Resorts will go game farther than the New South Cambria (NSW) inquiry, according to former jurist Ray Finkelstein, who added that delays inward producing documents will non follow tolerated.

The first-class honours degree mean solar day of the inquiry heard the commission was awaiting responses from Crown on whether it had breached its sound obligations. The direction has been established after the NSW research found the manipulator not suited to hold up a NSW casino licence.

On the number 1 twenty-four hour period of the examine into Crown’s suitableness to hold up a licence in Victoria, Finkelstein explained he had written II letters to the operator, firstly seeking its response to the Bergin inquiry, and secondly to assess whether it had low rules inward Victoria.

Crown responded to the for the first time past disagreeing with the Bergin inquiry’s findings, but Finkelstein is in time to incur a response to the second, saying: "I'm interested that unless the serious-mindedness of the conduct is recognised, any steps taken to remedy the view might only when be half-hearted of them.”

The commission places the direction of gaming dependency forepart and centre, despite non being directly inwards its terms of reference, with Finkelstein explaining that around 300,000 Australians get a gambling problem.

“The wallop of this problem gambling is widespread - it affects non only when the gambler, but the gambler's family, employers and unrelated third parties,” added Finkelstein.