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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2023-05-02T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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  <dateModified time="2023-07-06T10:03:54+09:30" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>SkyCity Adelaide</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>SkyCity Adelaide</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5418" referenceid="e7b583be01404e74b438589370882e1d" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. C. BONAROS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2023-05-02T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>SkyCity Adelaide</name>
          </question>
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        <text id="20230502f5148a9b30a54a45a0000830">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="5418" referenceid="e7b583be01404e74b438589370882e1d">the Hon. C. BONAROS </by>().2 November 2022).  </inserted>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
          </portfolio>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2023-05-02T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>SkyCity Adelaide</name>
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          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector):</by>  The Minister for Consumer and Business Affairs has advised:</inserted>
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        <text id="20230502f5148a9b30a54a45a0000832">
          <inserted>The government has noted the comments made by the chair of SkyCity Adelaide at its recent AGM of shareholders.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230502f5148a9b30a54a45a0000833">
          <inserted>Any allegations of breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing rules and corporate governance failures are of considerable concern to the government and are being taken very seriously.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230502f5148a9b30a54a45a0000834">
          <inserted>The Liquor and Gambling Commissioner has met with AUSTRAC during its investigation.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230502f5148a9b30a54a45a0000835">
          <inserted>In accordance with Part 11 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth), I am prevented from disclosing the detail of these meetings held with AUSTRAC.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230502f5148a9b30a54a45a0000836">
          <inserted>The investigation by AUSTRAC is limited to SkyCity's compliance with commonwealth anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230502f5148a9b30a54a45a0000837">
          <inserted>The investigation by Hon. Brian Martin KC is being undertaken on behalf of the Liquor and Gambling Commissioner and in accordance with his terms of reference:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230502f5148a9b30a54a45a0000838">
          <inserted>In answer to part 4 of the honourable member's question, if SkyCity Adelaide is found to be in breach of the casino licence or found to be not suitable to hold the casino licence, the commissioner currently has available a range of options available to him in including powers to:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20230502f5148a9b30a54a45a0000839">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>issue a compliance notice</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20230502f5148a9b30a54a45a0000840">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>issue a default notice</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20230502f5148a9b30a54a45a0000841">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>issue a reprimand, fine or give directions to the winding up of operations</inserted>
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        </text>
        <text id="20230502f5148a9b30a54a45a0000842">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>suspend the licence</inserted>
          </item>
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        <text id="20230502f5148a9b30a54a45a0000843">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>cancel the licence.</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
      </talker>
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