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News.com.au
3 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
Crown Sydney workers walk off gaming floor in massive dispute over pay and conditions
Crown Sydney workers have taken industrial action for the second week in a row, walking off the gaming floor in a massive dispute over pay and conditions. From 11am last Friday, general service attendants at the Barangaroo venue – who handle room make-up services and in-room deliveries – halted room service at the luxury hotel, demanding wage increases to match the cost of living in Australia's most expensive city. From 6pm, Crown Casino employees including table games dealers will strike again, following last week's walkout that left the gaming floor deserted. The United Workers Union says a general services attendant at Crown Sydney earns $25.92 an hour – less than $1 above the minimum wage – while servicing rooms booked by global stars such as Drake and Taylor Swift, which can fetch up to $38,900 a night. Table games dealers, who run baccarat, roulette and blackjack tables for high-end players, are paid up to $12.46 an hour less than their Melbourne counterparts. That shortfalls equates to around $24,000 a year for a full-time Sydney worker. 'Our workers are taking protected action to let Crown know they should be treating their workers with respect, not screwing them down to wages that are impossible to live on in Sydney,' Casinos Director Andrew Jones said. 'Crown's owner Blackstone just reported profits of $US2.8 billion – and that's for the half year – but they are telling our workers they can't afford to pay them any more. 'The facts remain that a general services attendant where Drake or Taylor Swift spends the night is being paid about $8 an hour less than their colleagues doing the same job at Crown Melbourne. 'This strike is about dignity, respect, and the right to build a decent life in this city.' Mr Jones said members were also fighting plans to cut length-of-service increments from the classification structure, calling it a 'direct attack on experienced workers and their future pay.' Crown Sydney's current offer is 3.25 per cent in the first year, followed by 3 per cent in each of the next two years. According to the latest Department of Employment and Workplace Relations bargaining report, the March quarter private sector average stands at 3.9 per cent.
Daily Mail
31-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Extraordinary moment heavily armed cops smash ghost car scam, seizing Bentleys, Ferraris, cash and Tasers - and march man dressed in $4,500 Louis Vuitton jacket out of his Barangaroo apartment
Dramatic footage has captured the moment a sophisticated alleged luxury 'ghost car' loan fraud syndicate was brought down in a major police operation across Sydney. Detectives allege the group used stolen personal details to fraudulently secure loans from multiple financial institutions to purchase luxury 'ghost cars' - vehicles that never existed. Investigations revealed the syndicate's alleged operations extended beyond car financing fraud to large-scale personal, business and home loan fraud against multiple financial institutions. Two men have been charged over the syndicate, following a string of early morning raids by heavily armed police from Strike Force Raptor across the city on Wednesday. One of the accused ringleaders, dressed in a Louis Vuitton bomber jacket valued at more than A$5400, was grilled by detectives before being escorted out of a Crown Sydney apartment in Barangaroo. He was later hit with dozens of serious charges. Police seized luxury cars, designer watches, Chanel jewellery, high-end handbags, drugs and cash in various currencies, a combined haul worth $38 million. Wednesday's raids alone netted $4.1 million worth of items, including two Bentleys, a Ferrari 360, A$20,000, US$12,100 and €1,070. A firearm, two Tasers and body armour were also seized during the raids. The NSW Crime Commission has frozen assets valued at $20 million. A 38-year-old man, arrested at Barangaroo and accused of committing $12.9 million in fraud, has been hit with 87 charges. These include 57 counts of dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception, 14 counts of knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime with intent to conceal, and four counts of using a false document to obtain a financial advantage. He also faces charges of knowingly directing the activities of a criminal group, recklessly dealing with the proceeds of general crime with intent to conceal, and possession of a prohibited drug. His co-accused ringleader, 34, was arrested in Seaforth on Sydney's northern beaches. He has been charged with 107 offences, including 87 counts of knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime and 19 counts of dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception. Both men were refused bail to appear in court on Thursday. A firearm, two tasers, and body armour (pictured) were also seized. Six people have previously been charged with these offences and remain before the courts. Investigators are scheduled to address the media about the alleged syndicate later on Thursday.
Sky News AU
06-07-2025
- Business
- Sky News AU
Australia's Economic Outlook
Sky News Australia, in partnership with The Australian, hosts the fourth annual Australia's Economic Outlook business luncheon at Crown Sydney, where Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivers the keynote address.
Sky News AU
04-07-2025
- Business
- Sky News AU
WATCH LIVE: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and business leaders address Australia's Economic Outlook, hosted by Sky News and The Australian
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and top business leaders are discussing the major economic and political issues facing the nation at Australia's Economic Outlook 2025, hosted by Laura Jayes. The sold-out event at Crown Sydney, hosted by Sky News and The Australian, takes a deep dive into the major challenges and opportunities facing the national economy. Join to follow Mr Albanese's speech ahead of a live Q&A with Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell. There will also be addresses from David Tsai, chief executive of Crown Resorts; Ed Kitchen, managing director of Uber Eats ANZ; and Paul Schroder, AustralianSuper chief executive. Watch the event live and in full from 12.30pm AEST on Sky News Extra or download the Sky News Australia App.
The Age
02-07-2025
- Business
- The Age
‘Supertall' towers soaring past 300 metres could redraw Sydney's skyline
Two buildings soaring higher than 300 metres are destined to dramatically transform Sydney's skyline under plans to boost the number and height of towers in the central business district. The City of Sydney council in June endorsed changes to its planning rules that will allow for the construction of developer Dexus' massive $3.1 billion tower complex reaching 305 metres, or 70 storeys, at the corner of Pitt and Bridge streets at the northern end of the city near Circular Quay. A separate proposal for a 71-storey tower topping 319 metres, which Lendlease wants to build on an adjacent site at O'Connell Street, is expected to go on public exhibition in coming weeks. City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the approved Pitt Street building would provide more office space in the northern CBD, which is favoured by financial, legal, property and tech businesses. 'If we want Sydney to maintain its status as a global city and economic powerhouse, it's vital that we safeguard economic floor space whilst allowing residential development to continue in the city centre,' Moore said. The council smoothed the path for larger skyscrapers in new 'tower clusters' to emerge around Haymarket, the northern end of the CBD near Circular Quay, and to the west near Barangaroo in 2016, when it adopted the Central Sydney Planning Strategy to guide development for two decades. The strategy, which took three years to develop and was the most detailed planning review of the CBD in more than four decades, enabled buildings taller than 300 metres, up from the previous 235-metre limit, in some spots and opened the city to billions of dollars of commercial development. Once constructed, the 300-metre-plus towers would surpass the city's current tallest building, Crown Sydney at Barangaroo, which stands at 271 metres. They would also be around the same height as city's tallest freestanding structure, the 309-metre Sydney Tower, formerly known as Centrepoint Tower.
