![]() ![]() "The committee recommends that the Australian Government commit to facilitating the approval process to enable the reopening of the Christmas Island casino," the report states. In a report released on Thursday, the Commonwealth parliamentary committee for northern development warned the territory faced an uncertain economic future unless it developed more sustainable industries such as tourism. ![]() In 2004 the Federal Government blocked an application to reopen the casino on the grounds it could have a negative social impact. The tiny Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, 1,600 kilometres north-west of the Australian mainland but only 300km from Java, is known for its immigration detention facility, phosphate mine and annual red crab migration.īut in the mid-1990s a new casino was the playground of the wealthy elite of Suharto's Indonesia, flying direct from Jakarta.įollowing its closure in 1998 during the Asian financial crisis the island's population halved to 1,300. A Christmas Island casino once considered the most profitable in Australia should be brought out of mothballs, a parliamentary committee into developing northern Australia has recommended.
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