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Perth Casino Royal Commission

Royal commission · Western Australia · Dated

Report length
996 pages

Official source

Perth Casino Royal Commission, Final Report

PDF · 996 pages · 5.4 MB · wa.gov.au

Summary

The report's own summary: Foreword, pages 10 to 13

Generated summary: written by an AI model from the report text and checked against the cited pages.

  • The Perth Casino Royal Commission examined whether the casino licensee and associated Crown companies were suitable to conduct casino gaming, and whether Western Australia’s regulation was adequate.

    Report, page 10

  • The Commission found that the licensee was unsuitable to retain its licence and that the associated companies were unsuitable to organise or conduct casino gaming.

    Report, page 10 · Report, page 14

  • It also concluded that casino legislation needed replacement and identified shortcomings in the regulator’s performance and departmental support.

    Report, page 11

  • The Commission proposed a path back to suitability involving about two years of remediation overseen by an independent monitor.

    Report, page 10

  • Its 59 numbered recommendations address governance, gambling risks, regulatory capability and research data, including compulsory limits on gaming-machine losses and playing time.

    Report, page 16 · Report, page 17 · Report, page 24

In the body's own words

  1. Finding

    Burswood Nominees Ltd is not a ‘suitable person’ to continue to hold the gaming licence for Perth Casino.

    Report, page 10

  2. Conclusion

    We have concluded that the legislation by which Perth Casino is regulated is not fit for purpose and requires replacement with a modern regulatory framework.

    Report, page 11

  3. Finding

    Consequently, some of Perth Casino’s patrons have suffered considerable and avoidable harms as a result of their gambling.

    Report, page 12

Recommendations

No recommendations are reproduced in this record. This does not establish that the report contains none.

About the inquiry

Commissioner
Commissioner NJ Owen Commissioner CF Jenkins Commissioner CP Murphy Report, page 13
Commissioner
Commissioner NJ Owen Commissioner CF Jenkins Commissioner CP Murphy Report, page 13
Commissioner
Commissioner NJ Owen Commissioner CF Jenkins Commissioner CP Murphy Report, page 13
Final report

Official documents 1

  • Perth Casino Royal Commission, Final Report

    Final report · Dated · 996 pages · PDF, 5.4 MB

    Document details
    Recommendations status
    Not extracted
    Date as printed
    4 March 2022 The Honourable Kim Beazley AC Report, page 4
    How OPAX got it
    manual publisher download supplied by the OPAX maintainer, 11 Nov 2026
    Rights
    © Government of Western Australia. Copyright in this document is reserved to the Government for the State of Western Australia. Reproduction of this document (or part thereof, in any format) is prohibited except with the prior written consent of the Perth Casino Royal Commission or the Department of Premier and Cabinet or as permitted by the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (imprint, page 2). OPAX links to the publisher's copy and does not reproduce the report.

Hearing transcripts: evidence, not findings 10

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Public hearing transcript
How OPAX got them
manual publisher download supplied by the OPAX maintainer, 12 Nov 2026
Rights
State of Western Australia copyright. Reproduction is subject to written consent or an applicable Copyright Act exception, and commercial reuse is restricted. OPAX links to the publisher's copy.
February 20222 transcripts
November 20216 transcripts
October 20212 transcripts

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