Australian government strips Norfolk Island of its licensing power
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Norfolk Island has been stripped of its power to approve gaming licenses as well as renew existing ones by the Australian federal government. The decision comes shortly after it was discovered that an action by the authority allowed the world’s largest illegal bookmaker to enter the multi—billion dollar racing market in the country.
The island’s authority has been revoked by Paul Fletcher, the Minister for Territories in Australia, whereas the NIGA was highly criticised by Peter McGauranm, the chief of Racing Australia too. Licences granted before this direction was announced will not be affected. In the meantime, NIGA will be stripped of its licensing power and will have to stand down until a three-month audit of its procedures, protocols and previous decisions is completed…