Only the 1st and 3rd dog in that race Geoff put up chased. Thats a terrible look for the sport.

The industry desperately needs a greyhound people at the helm, if the government want to retain a business that turns over 11 billion dollars pa.

In fact it's been MIA for decades now !

When you have organisations like the N.S.W. GBOTA stating that FOL racing gives the sport a
"BAD LOOK" what hope has the sport got !

The question for the government is can they justify a 11 Billion pa turnover loss to the Australian economy in these times ?

That is this industry's ace in the hole.

What the Greens/Labour Party in Vic for example are offering as an alternative is ZERO turnover by abolishing the industry, and they came very close to getting their way during Covid where the then Andrews Gov't tried to close greyhound racing down. If Greens/Labour could have brought an alternative 11 Billion Dollar turnover business proposition that wld be a different story. They came to the table with no alternative to replace that turnover yet they wanted the greyhound industry shut down.

Suggest the Federal Gov't intervened and made Andrews see some sense as the racing industry was propping up the country during Covid, however Andrews Labour Party at the time had no intention of cutting their ties with the Greens in Vic. That should be remembered by this industry when voting in this State.

The Gov't need to be lobbied with the real issue - an $11 billion turnover business vs ZERO, that has to be made the priority, and this industry needs experienced Greyhound people at the helm to ensure that happens.

After having worked for the Gov't for over 20yrs I know they are all about allocating Millions and Billions of dollars to where they see fit.

It should be all about the 11 Billion dollar business turnover now and if the industry drops off as it surely will the way its headed with the vast restrictions currently on it, there has to be someone pointing this out to the Government at the Federal level as to why they need to intervene to get this industry back on track with a view to bolster their coffers.......that is if the Federal Gov't want to keep an 11 Billion Dollar industry operational. I think they will because of the large dollar factor involved.

It's more than a reasonable argument. Cheers.

That's why we need to ensure the industry keeps its nose clean ie breeding responsibly and in more sustainable numbers to be rehomed, keeping injury rates down, providing safer tracks and racing environments ,keep pushing the rogues out of the sport and developing a body of younger trainers and participants of both sexes and most importantly put the welfare and care of the dog at the forefront of all discussions

That is how we keep our sport relevant in modern society

Plus what Ryan has said as well

But if we cant sustain year after year 3-4000 rehomers nothing else matters sorry

If we have back logs of thousands of pups year after year ! Thats our own noose right there , and dont be fooled , they are all waiting , planning and relying on it !

Everything else comes after rehoming ! I dont think everyone understands we cannot have 5000 greyhounds sitting ANYWHERE homeless ???

There'll be restrictions and conditions but those will be minimal and manageable by the industry.

We've got to this stage with all the antis lobbying the government, we need a group from within the industry to lobby our cause.

Not in NSW Ryan unfortunately !

When have any issues related to the Australian Greyhound Industry been addressed on a National basis ?

As for the GREENS like it or not they are increasing there influence on Government policy both state and federal !

The Greens effectively banned Greyhound racing in the ACT !

Yet no one wants to pay ! Cant afford it

What a joke that mob are !

That's what I'm saying Mark, it may warrant it with these increased turnover figures.

How many 11 billion dollar turnover businesses are there nationally?
Are they plentiful ?
I actually don't know the answer, but that needs to be looked into and pointed out to the Federal Gov't if there aren't too many businesses with that magnitude of turnover. The Fed Gov't may then just get interested in the Greyhound industry, if they aren't already.

The other point was at the start of Covid the Greyhound Industry in Vic was gone if Andrews and his Labour/Green coalition had their way. He announced only horse racing wld continue during Covid at his daily press conferences which were televised live daily in Vic.
What changed his mind ? Something did.
As an industry we need to find out what, as the same party is in power.

If it's as I suspect, then we need a group to lobby the Federal Gov't. It's probably a difficult task but not rocket science.

State and Federal Government should be reminded of that !

Ipswich Thursday Feb 29th , 12 race meeting all over 288 mts.
It can not get any worse than that , or maybe it will.
How long will it be before we have races run over 200 mt or less ?

Its the norm now

Shane, it's not as though there's a shortage of rabbits in this country.

National Geographic estimates there are 200 million of them and the NSW Dept of Primary Industry have declared them a "noxious animal" and impose a responsibility on landowners to "control rabbits on their land".

No one wants to see them used as live bait as has been alleged in the past, but surely it's a win-win situation for everybody if we could use dead rabbit carcasses to re-instill the natural instincts that is diminishing in our breed.

I know this might seem like a left-field idea (and to short circuit potential skullduggery and protests from "antis"), but what would be wrong if you/I/anyone could purchase a bar-coded rabbit carcass from the RSPCA (or even GRNSW/GWIC and other state controlling bodies) to use to bring back the chase instinct in our dogs.

The cost would surely be minimal.

Anyone caught with a non-approved carcass (only an idiot would do so) to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.