Andrew Wilkie (Clark, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to move the following motion:

That the House:

(1) notes the allegations of Crown Resort's links to organised crime, illegal offshore activities, insider trading, money laundering, illegal modification of gambling devices, domestic violence and drug trafficking; and

(2) calls on the Australian Government to establish a Royal Commission to inquire into and report on Crown, including but not limited to:

(a) the allegations of criminal activity made by the Member for Denison in the House of Representatives in October 2017;

(b) the alleged criminal activity reported by Nine newspapers and 60 Minutes in July 2019;

(c) the allegations of criminal activity made by the Member for Clark in the House of Representatives in July 2019;

(d) the allegations of criminal activity made by the Member for Clark and the ABC in October 2019;

(e) the response to these allegations by state and federal agencies;

(f) the conduct of current and former associates of Crown including shareholders, managers and board members;

(g) the conduct of current and former federal and state politicians and party officials relevant to the Crown matter;

(h) specifically the Federal Government's and Opposition's refusal to endorse a motion, put by the Member for Clark on 15 October 2019, calling for a Royal Commission into the Australian casino industry; and

(i) any related matters.

Leave not granted.

I move:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Clark from moving the following motion forthwith:

That the House:

(1) notes the allegations of Crown Resort's links to organised crime, illegal offshore activities, insider trading, money laundering, illegal modification of gambling devices, domestic violence and drug trafficking; and

(2) calls on the Australian Government to establish a Royal Commission to inquire into and report on Crown, including but not limited to:

(a) the allegations of criminal activity made by the Member for Denison in the House of Representatives in October 2017;

(b) the alleged criminal activity reported by Nine newspapers and 60 Minutes in July 2019;

(c) the allegations of criminal activity made by the Member for Clark in the House of Representatives in July 2019;

(d) the allegations of criminal activity made by the Member for Clark and the ABC in October 2019;

(e) the response to these allegations by state and federal agencies;

(f) the conduct of current and former associates of Crown including shareholders, managers and board members;

(g) the conduct of current and former federal and state politicians and party officials relevant to the Crown matter;

(h) specifically the Federal Government's and Opposition's refusal to endorse a motion, put by the Member for Clark on 15 October 2019, calling for a Royal Commission into the Australian casino industry; and

(i) any related matters.

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