When James Packer emerged from the privacy of his yacht in Fiji for a tell-all interview about who he likes and hates, it felt bizarre that the heat of his spear was directed at former Victorian premier Dan Andrews.

The way Packer tells it, Andrews imposed a hefty additional tax on Packer’s former casino group Crown Resorts in the lead-up to the company’s sale – an impost that could have toppled the $8.9 billion purchase by Blackstone.

James Packer took aim at former Victorian premier Dan Andrews.Credit: Marija Ercegovac

But the deal survived, Packer walked away with his share of $3.3 billion and Blackstone finalised a deal that now looks like one of the worst in modern corporate history for the buyer while Packer, who sold his holding, was hit in the posterior by a rainbow.

Packer’s version of history, as conveyed in an interview with Rampart, is that Andrews, who he now brands as “human filth,” cost Crown tens of millions of dollars in earnings thanks to imposing additional taxes on Crown.

You would think Packer should be happy with the ultimate outcome – one that gave him........

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