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using workers as human shields

  • Written by: Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Casino operator Crown Resorts must be desperate or think we’re dumb.

Last week, before the royal commission into its right to hold a casino licence in Victoria, Crown resorted to one of the oldest, most discredited, tricks in the book. It used its workers as shields.

“More than 20,000 people work across Crown’s...

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