“The royal commission is not...[ going to] have a look at everything,” Mr Andrews said. “It’s looking very specifically… on the question of[should] they hold that licence.”
Opposition gaming spokeswoman Steph Ryan said the Bergin Inquiry in NSW - which confirmed reports byThe Age and60 Minutesthat criminal gangs infiltrated Crown Melbourne and used it to launder dirty cash - showed the VCGLR was not up to the job.
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She said the terms of reference should be widened to examine the agencies charged with keeping Crown in check.
“I’d question whether the royal commission would be able to get to the bottom of what’s gone on if it can’t look at the failure of the regulator,” Ms Ryan said.
The inquiry’s terms of reference do not direct Mr Finkelstein to look specifically at the state’s gambling laws or the VCGLR,but do allow him to consider whether they need to be changed in order “address your findings and implement your recommendations”.