Queensland has extended the deadline for suspending The Star Gold Coast's casino licence to 31 March 2027, according to a report published by the trade outlet Yogonet on 27 October 2026. The report says the move gives The Star Entertainment Group another six months to address outstanding remediation requirements.
It does not say when the decision was made.
Every point in this article comes from that one report. We have not seen a second outlet or a government statement confirming any of it.
According to Yogonet, the proposed 90-day Queensland suspension was first scheduled for December 2024 and has been deferred repeatedly since. In September 2025, acting Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie postponed enforcement until 30 September 2026, the report says.
The report links the latest extension to an August assessment by special manager Nicholas Weeks, which it says found "significant progress" but also several unresolved priority matters.
Weeks was appointed in 2022, according to the report. It says he will continue overseeing The Star's Queensland operations, and independent external supervision of The Star Brisbane will also continue. Attorney-General Deb Frecklington is quoted as saying that the government's expectations of The Star remain unchanged despite the extension.
The same report covers the company's Sydney property, where the timeline is longer. It says The Star Sydney's licence suspension in New South Wales now runs until 30 June 2027, because of concerns about governance, leadership and corporate culture. Philip Crawford, Chief Commissioner of the NSW Independent Casino Commission, is quoted as calling it "disappointing" that the group continues to have problems affecting each of its properties.
The history goes back four years. Yogonet reports that The Star was deemed unsuitable to hold casino licences in both Queensland and New South Wales after investigations in 2022. Those inquiries, it says, found deficiencies in anti-money laundering controls, governance and corporate culture. The outlet also reports that Australia's Federal Court found two former senior executives of The Star Entertainment Group breached the Corporations Act 2001. The finding concerned failures in managing and reporting money laundering and criminal activity risks. The names of the executives and the date of the judgment are not in the material available to us.
We do not know which priority matters Weeks flagged as unresolved, or what standard Queensland will apply when the March 2027 deadline arrives. The August assessment itself, or a formal notice from the Queensland Attorney-General's office, would answer both questions.
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