Boutique Gaming License for Great Keppel Island Resort Hotly Debated

Posted on March 17th, 2016

Last night in State Parliament, the Opposition (LNP) moved a motion urging the Palaszczuk Labor Government to develop an offshore boutique casino gaming licence policy to encourage investment in job creating developments such as that proposed for Great Keppel Island. We have included in this enews, the official speech from Member for Keppel Brittany Lauga MP, the official media release from the LNP, the official State Government release and the official media release from Tower Holdings. Please click on the links below to read all official statements.

Member for Keppel speech, letter from Echo, letter from Crown (all documents released to media)
LNP media release and Audio
State Government Official media release
Tower Holdings media release
Official Hansard record of State Parliament (go to page 808)

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