AAP General News (Australia)
08-09-1999
QLD: D Arcy pulls out of Windies trip
The Queensland Labor MP at the centre of the Net Bet scandal has pulled out of an official
visit to the West Indies.
This comes as the BEATTIE Government moves to strip him and two other Labor Party figures
of their interest in an Internet gaming company.
Controversial backbencher BILL D'ARCY, who went public today for the first time since the
scandal broke, says he will make way for an alternate delegate to attend the Parliamentary
Executive Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago next month.
Premier PETER BEATTIE has welcomed Mr D'ARCY'S announcement, saying he's made the right
decision.
But he also says cabinet has approved legislation to force Mr D'ARCY, former backbencher
DON LIVINGSTONE and Ipswich City Councillor PAUL PISASALE to sell any interest they or their
families have in Internet Casino company Gocorp.
The legislation will cancel Gocorp's interim licence unless ties with two companies partly
owned by the three and their families, are severed.
Mr D'ARCY says the media and other persons had forced his decision by linking him to
investigations being carried out by the Auditor-General and the Criminal Justice Commission.
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