Victorian Premier John Brumby says a parliamentary committee inquiry into gaming licence tenders was nothing more than a smear campaign and its final report is an embarrassment to the Opposition. The committee, dominated by non-government MPs, tabled its final report today, delivering an open finding with insufficient evidence to prove allegations of improper conduct by the State Government, Tattersall's or lobbying firm Hawker Britton.

An inquiry has been called for into why a Liberal Democrat council signed a contract for a casino on the day it lost power in a landslide election. Bournemouth Borough Council signed the contract with Trevor Osborne Property Group on 3 May as voting was under way. On coming into power, the new Tory administration vowed to stop the casino plan, only to find out later that the deal had already been signed.