Our weekly appointments wrap includes Kirstin Stewart, Rebecca Tomkinson, Chales Altshuler, Clive Brown, Jason Giltay, Adam Stubbings, Lewis Otton, Jim Beyer, Avril Fahey and Tom Percy.
US private equity giant Blackstone Group is set to proceed with its takeover of Crown Resorts after gaining the final key approval from the WA government, which shied away from a major overhaul of the casino's governance.
ANALYSIS: The royal commission had very few surprises, other than its failure to draw clear conclusions on some of the key issues or the top people who ran the casino.
Billionaire James Packer has admitted he should have resigned as chair of the board overseeing Perth casino earlier, while conceding there were many oversights during his time at the helm.
Crown Resorts' new chief executive has publicly defended Perth boss Lonnie Bossi's continued role with the embattled casino giant while acknowledging the “sobering” report delivered in Victoria this morning.
Overhauling embattled casino giant Crown will be a mammoth task, but incoming Crown Resorts chair Ziggy Switkowski has told the Perth Casino Royal Commission it isn't rocket science.
