From Bloomberg – Australia’s Queensland state is considering a A$4.2 billion ($3.75 billion) casino and hotel project proposed by Hong Kong-based businessman Tony Fung in the state’s north. The state government will look in full at the plan to redevelop 343 hectares (848 acres) of rural land north of Cairns, enabling Fung to avoid seeking separate approvals for different parts of the proposal, a spokesman for Deputy State Premier Jeff Seeney, who asked not to be identified citing department policy, said by telephone. The Aquis Great Barrier Reef resort proposal includes nine luxury hotels, 1,200 apartments and 135 villas, an...