Canberra greyhound club livid with government’s ban announcement

By Katherine Ernst

A CANBERRA greyhounds’ spokesperson has slammed the ACT government’s announcement that it will be passing legislation to ban the sport from June 30, 2018.

Kel Watts has labelled the announcement, made by Attorney General Gordon Ramsay, as “an absolute stitch up” and a “back room deal” between the ACT’s Chief Minister Andrew Barr and the Greens in order to stay in power.

Ramsay made the announcement on Friday morning which was accompanied by the release of the Greyhound Racing Industry Transition Options Analysis by Mary Durkin.

Watt said the industry had been totally blindsided on Friday morning. Read full article

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