DIGGER PICTURES PLEA
A GOLD Coast RSL branch is asking for help to find pictures of two Diggers who gave their lives in World War I.
The North Gold Coast sub-branch has been gathering photos of local Diggers who did not make it home from the war to use in plaques to be carried by children during Anzac Day ceremonies and shared with local schools.
However, they are still missing two images – Private William Robert Lefio, 26th Battalion, Pimpama, and Private James William Bozier Barr, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Coomera.
Anyone with a photo of either Digger is asked to contact the sub-branch on 0428 415 341 or by emailing:
THE chairman of The Star Entertainment Group says it is “out of the junket business until further notice” as casino regulators digest a blistering report into corruption and organised crime at Crown Resorts casinos.
While acknowledging there would be “obvious ramifications” for the industry, John O’Neill stopped short of saying Star’s partnership with disgraced VIP high-roller operator Suncity was permanently over or simply on COVID-induced hiatus.
A report by former NSW Supreme Court judge Patricia Bergin SC found Crown not suitable for a gaming licence for its Barangaroo development on Sydney Harbour.
It also recommended a new independent Casino Control Commission with the powers of a standing royal commission, a prohibition on dealing with junket operators, and stricter requirements for reporting suspicious transactions to money-laundering regulator Austrac.
Mr O’Neill said The Star would “wait and see” what the NSW regulator did with the Bergin report before ruling out future partnerships with Suncity or other junket operators.
“The VIP business out of China, even pre-COVID, was coming off in any case, so there’s no financial impact on us,” he said.
New VIP gaming areas were included in The Star’s Gold Coast expansions of The Star Grand and the Darling.
Mr O’Neill said that he was in regular talks with NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority chairman Philip Crawford.
“That dialogue will continue as ILGA absorbs the Bergin inquiry recommendations,” he said.
But he added: “The inquiry was about Crown, the inquiry wasn’t about us.
“There will be, obviously, some ramifications for the industry, so in that context, we’ll be talking to Philip Crawford about what is intended and what ILGA’s going to accept and the time frame in which they’re going to execute those recommendations.”
LJUBLJANA: Three people died and three were injured by two avalanches in northern Slovenia on Saturday.
The first avalanche in the morning on the northern side of Storzic mountain, about 40km north of Ljubljana, killed two mountaineers.
“During the rescue operation, a secondary slide happened pulling down another two mountaineers who were in the area,” police spokesman
Robert Kralj said. “One of them died at the spot and the other was injured.”
During the second avalanche, rescuers were also injured, Mr Kralj said, and all three injured people were evacuated by an army helicopter. Local authorities had warned the risk of avalanches in the Kamnisko-Savinsjki Alps region was very high due to cold weather and strong winds.