“We want to make sure taxpayers receive the full dividend from this project, but the fact is we won’t receive that dividend if the Queen’s Wharf Brisbane closes and 1400 people lose those jobs,” he said on Thursday. The owner of the Sun City resort and Maslow Sandton and Table Bay high-end hotels said adjusted headline earnings per share – its main profit measure – rose to 2.15 rand ($0.1201) in the six months to June 30, from 1.97 rand a year earlier. “The gaming industry is experiencing dynamic changes and Sun International, through Sunbet, will continue leveraging its strong brand and market presence to expand our customer base and enter new online markets across Africa,” Sun International said.

Sunbet was the stand-out with a 71.8% rise in income to 512 million rand. Sun International, which achieved mixed results across its segments, said in a statement its urban casino income – its biggest revenue generator – was flat at 3.3 billion rand. A week on from the release of a scathing report that declared it was unsuitable to take back control of its lucrative Sydney casino licence, the company’s board confirmed it was in talks over its short-term financial position “in light of adverse trading and other conditions”.

The Star’s Sydney licence remains suspended after a first inquiry found damning evidence of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism failings, although it has been allowed to keep the casino operating with a regulator-appointed manager. “The Star is currently reviewing its financial and liquidity position with various advisers in the context of seeking to finalise its preliminary financial report for the financial year,” the statement said.

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But the NSW government has ruled out providing further taxpayer assistance to The Star after giving the casino a reprieve on a planned poker machine tax increase until 2030 in return for a transitional deal that included a jobs guarantee. ‘I’m roughly 130kg now and want to be back to 100kg by the end of 2022. I want to swim with my kids at Bondi when we’re all in Sydney together next year and be 100kg,’ he told The Weekend Australian from his home in in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico at the time.