In a wide-ranging interview, billionaire James Packer has slammed former Victorian premier Dan Andrews and has taken aim at gambling regulators in Australia for trying to bankrupt the local casino industry.

The former casino mogul was scathing about Andrews in an interview with his friend Joe Aston, published by the latter’s media site Rampart , saying that the former premier had blindsided Crown with a fresh tax in 2022 that cost the business tens of millions of dollars.

“I couldn’t think more lowly of Daniel Andrews, I think he is human filth … I hope he sues me,” Packer says in the interview with Aston.

James Packer slammed regulation of Australia’s casino sector and former Victorian Premier Dan Andrews. Credit: Seven News

He said the additional tax impost might have derailed

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