Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds
End greyhound suffering
The death of a greyhound on the Nowra track comes as new research from the Parliamentary Library shows the greyhound cost since the Baird ban failure. According to the Nowra 16 April 2026 stewards report, in Race 4 Aston Ringgitt hit the running rail and suffered a compound fracture of the foreleg. The South Coast … Read more
Speaking in his ‘On Aird’ Spotify podcast, Michael Aird says it would have been sensible policy for Labor to back in a greyhound compensation deal. “The Libs say we’re going to phase out greyhound racing by 2029. Labor’s response should have been yeah this is obviously going to go through the lower house. Let’s do … Read more
Recently the NSW greyhound racing “regulator” GWIC issued a media release trumpeting the decline in on-track deaths. This was described as a “landmark outcome for greyhound welfare”. However, this PR activity raised several questions: Should a regulator act as a booster and promoter of the industry it is supposedly regulating? Did GWIC just cherry-pick the … Read more
As a former Racing Minister in Tasmania in the Liberal Government I was obviously privy to racing portfolio information. It is my well informed view that given economic difficulties now facing Tasmania and the cost of propping up unpopular and often cruel greyhound racing, this practice cannot be sustained or justified. That was my publicly … Read more
Dear Josh, I write to you as a former student of yours. You taught me during my primary school years and were an incredible role model to myself and my peers. The values you helped to instil of kindness, compassion and empathy have stayed with me into adulthood. I now work as a qualified … Read more