"To me, it has been a disaster dealing with the management of Star and I think ... there is no doubt the board should be blamed for how bad it is," he told ABC Radio Brisbane. Star was reported to be considering a $650 million debt refinancing offer from Oaktree Capital Management last week. It's been facing serious operational challenges, Blackcoin burning through $107 million in three months and reporting an available cash balance of $79 million to the ASX in January. A Queensland inquiry found The Star actively encouraged people banned from gaming in Victoria and NSW to gamble at its casinos in the Sunshine State. A 2022 NSW inquiry found damning evidence of money laundering and counter-terrorism failings at the groups’ Sydney casino while a 2024 probe found more breaches. "Any deal that promises to keep venues in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sydney operating as a going concern is a good result for the Star workers, their families and the communities they live in," the union’s casino director Andrew Jones said. "We have called out the significant, short-term liquidity issues and financial pressures that we facing, and we will continue to do so.