It provides the perfect space for open air dining, a luxurious lounge with a bar and a sun lounge with a fire pit. Like any self-respecting superyacht, the IJE is designed with large, luminous areas for socializing. With so many guests on board, you bet there were plenty of options for fun activities too – from the large swimming pool on the main deck, to the integrated cinema and nightclub. It boasts no less than 11 cabins, enough to accommodate up to 22 guests, with the private owner’s cabin deck offering direct access to the side decks. The giant, 354-foot (108 meters) long superyacht is actually Benetti’s longest yacht and the flagship of the company's custom fleet. Designed by the renowned Italian brand Benetti, the superyacht was customized for Packer, at the time. The yacht’s instantly-recognizable name, the IJE, is made up from the initials of James Packer’s three children. O’Farrell, through a spokesman, declined to comment on Wednesday.The high-end British yacht brokerage Burgess added a stunning model on September 15, which turned out to belong to a celebrity in the business world. ”The Casino Control Act be amended to make clear that any decision about a casino licence and any disciplinary action that may be taken against a licensee is solely that of the ICC, and that any term of a regulatory agreement that has been entered into by the Government or the Authority is of no effect to the extent that it purports to fetter any power of the ICC arising under the Casino Control Act.“ McKenzie exposed Crown’s partnering with junket operators backed by Asia’s organised crime syndicates and lax money laundering controls that enabled high rollers to transfer funds earned from their crimes.īergin’s inquiry recommended on Monday that a beefed up Independent Casino Commission be given more powers to act independently, instead of relying on politicians. O’Farrell is today comfortably ensconced in a federal government taxpayer-funded job as Australia’s High Commissioner to India.Īlmost a decade on from O’Farrell’s liaison with Packer, journalist Nick McKenzie of Nine’s 60 Minutes, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald dared to ask the hard questions and scrutinise what our politicians and media should have been more circumspect of at the time. While there is no suggestion of corruption, it smacks of special favours for a billionaire gaming mogul.Ĭhris Sidoti, the former chairman of the NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority from 2008 to 2016, said on Wednesday it was a mistake by the O’Farrell government during his tenure to grant a casino licence without a transparent, competitive tender. The lack of due process, rushed consideration, poor transparency, no proper competitive public tender for a casino licence and ill-consideration of maximising taxpayer-value-for-money are alarming.īarry O’Farrell and James Packer made a deal on Crown’s casino in Sydney. If former NSW premier Barry O’Farrell and cheerleading journalists who uncritically backed billionaire James Packer’s dream to open a Sydney casino bother to read the Crown inquiry’s detailed report, they should feel embarrassed.įormer Supreme Court judge Patricia Bergin’s damning investigation paints a picture of politicians and other influencers – who should have known better – helping to swiftly change the laws in 2012-13 to grant Packer’s wish for a six-star casino on prized public land at Sydney’s Barangaroo.
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