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It fits a global pattern of regulators and tribunals flexing discretionary power over business owners—the same enforcement-first posture now shaping crypto licensing (e.g., VASP and exchange approvals). Australia's state-level gaming and liquor authorities are increasingly willing to bar operators on police request, signaling a low-tolerance enforcement regime that could eventually extend to crypto-adjacent gambling and payments.

NSW tribunal upheld a ban preventing Sydney strip club owner Manthos Papadopoulos from entering his own venues in Kings Cross.