shelley 43 Report post Posted August 23, 2016 Went through at 3am this morning Sydney time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
modest mouse 469 Report post Posted August 23, 2016 Bastards Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
modest mouse 469 Report post Posted August 23, 2016 Shelley, can you be more specific in your posting, as it was unclear it's only the first hurdle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alltheway!!! 640 Report post Posted August 23, 2016 Its official now, only two ways back is to overturn the decision in the high courts (and that could easily take 5yrs) or wait it out for the next election in 2019 and hope labour wins Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedley 1,900 Report post Posted August 23, 2016 do you realise that under the New South Wales constitution..New Zealand is a State of New South Wales. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
modest mouse 469 Report post Posted August 23, 2016 What happened to democracy, if it's so easy to pass this. Feeling quite sick about the whole thing. Eagle Eye and alltheway!!! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelley 43 Report post Posted August 24, 2016 its nothing to do with democracy or animal welfare WENTWORTH PARK is wort$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ come on ref 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GONSTA 1,148 Report post Posted August 24, 2016 13 minutes ago, shelley said: its nothing to do with democracy or animal welfare WENTWORTH PARK is wort$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ I'm assuming you have read the 600 page report then? gary1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOM 1,017 Report post Posted August 24, 2016 Have you ? Gonsta Eagle Eye 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelley 43 Report post Posted August 24, 2016 When Truth and Lies are in together what do you think would be sought out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Shady 479 Report post Posted August 24, 2016 1 hour ago, shelley said: its nothing to do with democracy or animal welfare WENTWORTH PARK is wort$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Funny you say that....have you seen the size of the prime piece of land that the Manukau track sits upon?....and Akl has a housing crisis....wont be long Im afraid to say. alltheway!!!, come on ref, Eagle Eye and 1 other 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
modest mouse 469 Report post Posted August 24, 2016 Have heard rumours about this too. Eagle Eye 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alltheway!!! 640 Report post Posted August 24, 2016 1 hour ago, Slim Shady said: Funny you say that....have you seen the size of the prime piece of land that the Manukau track sits upon?....and Akl has a housing crisis....wont be long Im afraid to say. I dont see it being a bad thing if we lost this land. The crowds at auckland arent that great anyway compared to other places. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOM 1,017 Report post Posted August 24, 2016 What other places Shakey. Better check with the Boss before trying to get Ak sold off alltheway!!! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanthegreat 1,123 Report post Posted August 24, 2016 NSW State Parliament Votes to Veto Greyhound Racing - It's Official Now Ric Chapman in Latest News 1 hour 48 minutes ago Next year greyhound racing in NSW ceases 38 shares Share Tweet Email The death knell for those involved in the NSW greyhound industry, was rung in parliament overnight. And some might say, for the 5,000 pups born over the past six months too. The controversial bill to ban greyhound racing in the premier state has been passed by 49 votes to 30. The wave of industry, media and rank and file support to have the ban thwarted, fell on deaf ears. Mind you, whether through ignorance or not, as this vote indicates, there still exists a stronger desire to have the sport banned than to have it continue. That fact can't be ignored, but it bears little comfort for the estimated 11,000 NSW participants in the game whose livelihoods have now been shaken to the core. Some people will be ruined financially by this state parliament vote. To that end, The deputy premier and racing minister, Troy Grant, (who has received stern and seemingly authentic death threats through this saga) said in the statement he would now focus on getting the necessary support, including financial support, for those affected in communities. But how do you re-employ, re-train, re-excite the thousands of 40 to 60 year olds who know little outside of how to train a greyhound for racing? Human nature already shows us, overwhelmingly, that the market place just does not re-hire anyone over 45 years of age. Re-employment of this demographic is a MASSIVE problem that the governments, right up to federal level, need to address. To be fair, the Turnbull Government is aware of it, hence the subsidy packages for employers who hire the 50-plus section. Anyway, a maelstrom will follow this decision overnight. The premier, Mike Baird, guardedly released a statement early in the early hours this morning confirming the bill had passed. “I am pleased the parliament has strongly supported the government’s decision, because it is the right one, even though it has been a difficult one,” Baird said. Their TV advertising, which cost hundreds of thousands of tax payer dollars, was delivered over the past two weeks primarily to prepare us all for this morning's decision. The greyhound racing prohibition bill, which includes a one-year jail sentence and maximum $11,000 fine for anyone caught organising a race after the ban, was fast-tracked through parliament’s upper house last week. The ban starts 1 July 2017. The laws associated with this ban are rather far reaching too, which will also impact other revenue streams for participants. Such as it now forbids people to export greyhounds to other states without the written consent of Greyhound Racing NSW before the ban takes effect. Penalties apply there too if breached. Baird still maintains the intel he has revealed of widespread animal cruelty within the industry, for both the greyhounds themselves and associated animals like possums, rabbits, piglets etc, is 100% accurate. A supreme court challenge to have last night's vote nullified failed also. As the results indicated, not all MPs were for it. The opposition leader, Luke Foley, led the charge in the debate with a two-hour speech in which he accused the premier of a “cruel ambush” of working-class people. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanthegreat 1,123 Report post Posted August 24, 2016 NSW greyhound industry rocked again - discovery of a mass grave Ric Chapman in Latest News 1 hour 13 minutes ago Mass grave of greyhound bones discovered 109 Shares Share Tweet Email Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lad27 404 Report post Posted August 24, 2016 http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/mike-baird-facing-rebellion-as-mps-crossing-the-floor-over-his-greyhound-ban/news-story/babb28d00ea007aed00ceb8a74f4f3e8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelda kratchanova 2 501 Report post Posted August 24, 2016 next is hurdles, the n0 whips, the no harnessed and horse racing to get banned, n0? what a joke world we living in... Boris says Hilter runs NSW i visited a duck company where my neihbour Candy Triple - Dee works a few weeks ago, and 80,000 ducks get the slaughterhouse per week YEP 80,000 breed em feed em up and slaughterhouse em lookout chinitos next there will be no peeking duck on the menu at ching chong wongs and no dishlickers at harold park. at least theres bingo ivanthegreat, GOM, Hermione and 2 others 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
come on ref 155 Report post Posted August 24, 2016 Most of the tracks in the UK have closed down and houses have gone up. Nothing to do with dog welfal more of the money. Apart from Auckland lucky there's no housing crisis in the rest of nz. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOM 1,017 Report post Posted August 24, 2016 23 hours ago, hedley said: do you realise that under the New South Wales constitution..New Zealand is a State of New South Wales. That explains our pitiful flag Hedley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOM 1,017 Report post Posted August 24, 2016 Auckland track would not be very good for a housing project as not big enough and in the middle of a recreation area. Now Ellerslie or Avondale would be ideal. Only a matter of time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaman 1,352 Report post Posted August 24, 2016 1 hour ago, GOM said: Auckland track would not be very good for a housing project as not big enough and in the middle of a recreation area. Now Ellerslie or Avondale would be ideal. Only a matter of time. Or Alexandra Park. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC9 203 Report post Posted August 24, 2016 20 hours ago, Slim Shady said: Funny you say that....have you seen the size of the prime piece of land that the Manukau track sits upon?....and Akl has a housing crisis....wont be long Im afraid to say. I'm told that in Len Clown's Auckland Unitary Plan, the land where Manukau track sits is earmarked for multi-storey apartment blocks. So yeah, dogs will have to move sooner or later. If they're still going! Slim Shady and alltheway!!! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOM 1,017 Report post Posted August 25, 2016 And Trentham for Wellington, they have packed in so many houses right up to the boundaries I am just waiting for the first one inside the same. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
modest mouse 469 Report post Posted August 25, 2016 Most of Alex Park is already being transformed. Slim Shady 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...