Western Australia Gambling

Australian union fined

International News Brief: Australia’s Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union has been fined $100,000 for industrial action it took at the Burswood Casino complex in Perth in 2004. read more

Australian Property Agent Blows $900,000

International News Brief: A settlement agent who stole almost $1 million from clients and blew it on poker machines at Burswood Casino has been jailed for three years. read more

Burswood Hit in Sting

International News Brief: Burswood Casino has fallen victim to a multimillion-dollar international high-roller sting. read more

Burswood Pushes to Keep Smoking Exemption

International News Brief: The Kerry Packer-controlled Burswood has warned it will pull out of the multi-billion-dollar international high-roller market unless it can keep smoking exemptions deemed critical to a proposed $45 million casino upgrade. read more

Analysts Support PBL's Offer

International News Brief: PBL's sweetened $600 million cash bid for Perth's Burswood Casino has won support from stockbroking analysts although the target has yet to offer an opinion. read more

Packer's Goal Halts Burswood's Hand

International News Brief: Kerry Packer's insistence on winning 90 per cent control of Burswood is shaping as the last sticking point to securing the support of the casino group's reluctant directors. read more

Packer Sweetens Offers to Burswood

International News Brief: Kerry Packer's Publishing & Broadcasting Limited has offered to increase its bid by $25.2 million in its hostile bid for West Australian casino group Burswood. read more

Australian Regulators Target Burswood Bid

International News Brief: Simmering opposition to Kerry Packer's $600 million bid for control of the Burswood casino in Perth has seen the corporate regulator exercise rarely used powers to force institutional investors to clarify public statements on the hostile bid. read more

Burswood Shares Fall

International News Brief: Burswood shares fell yesterday after the sudden departure of PBL head Peter Yates threw doubt on the prospect of a higher offer coming from the Packer's media and gaming company. read more

Australian Casino Evacuated After Pepper Spray Attack

International News Brief: More than 2000 people were evacuated from a Perth casino after a man released pepper spray on the gaming floor. read more