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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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SkyCity Adelaide

The Hon. C. BONAROS (15:10): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Attorney, representing the Minister for Consumer and Business Affairs, and in his own capacity, a question about SkyCity Adelaide Casino.

Leave granted.

The Hon. C. BONAROS: In June last year, AUSTRAC, Australia's financial crimes watchdog, revealed it was investigating the Casino after it identified potential serious compliance with the Australian Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006—an issue which I have raised in here several times now. AUSTRAC's concerns were identified as part of a compliance assessment it commenced more than two years ago focusing on the Casino's management of customers identified as politically exposed persons. The Commissioner for Business and Consumer Services revealed last year he had suspended his own review of the Casino, pending the completion of that investigation. In a market update to the ASX last month, the Casino's operator, SkyCity, said:

For clarity, AUSTRAC has not filed proceedings against SkyCity Adelaide or indicated whether it intends to take any enforcement action against SkyCity Adelaide, but enforcement action remains an option open to AUSTRAC. At this stage, the timetable for completion of the AUSTRAC investigation into SkyCity remains unclear.

My questions to the Attorney are: since forming government, have the Attorney or the minister in the other place been briefed by AUSTRAC on its ongoing investigation into SkyCity Adelaide Casino? If not, has the government sought a meeting with AUSTRAC to be briefed on the investigation into the Casino and, if so, what was the extent of the information provided to date?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Attorney-General, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (15:12): I thank the honourable member for her question. It's certainly not something I can recall being briefed about, but I suspect I wouldn't be. As the honourable member pointed out at the start of the question, it's not in my portfolio area, but I certainly will refer that to the minister responsible in another place and ask for her to draft a response that I can bring back to this place.

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