Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
6.5 ENFORCEMENT Where any entity or person is knowingly in breach of this Policy, RQ may take the following actions available to it under the Act, the Rules of Racing or RQ’s other legal rights: If the person or entity in breach is a Licensed Club: Issue a control body direction under s.82(3) of the […]
1. BACKGROUND This Policy is made under s.102(1)(b) of the Racing Act 2002 (Qld) (“the Act”), which authorises the Racing Queensland Board (“RQ”), as the control body for all codes of racing in Queensland, to make policies for good management. 2. POLICY NAME This policy is named the No Fault Stand Down Policy (“Policy”) and […]
And so it ended. Not with a bang, but a gentle collapse, in the way burning campfire logs eventually fall in on themselves before being reduced to ash. Matthew Condon, award winning writer, reporting on the last day of The Teacher’s Pet Trial So it went, until close to midday when David, after four days […]
Matthew Peden is employed by the New Zealand TAB as it’s Manager of Risk. In this capacity Peden is responsible for the setting and movement of NZ TAB betting markets, and holds ultimate responsibility for the acceptance or rejection of wagers that are placed to win more than the maximum prescribed betting limits. In effect, […]
Errata means error. The Crown Prosecutor themselves raised the issue with the Judge as to what to about them. It was agreed that minor errors – spelling errors, etc like the example that the prosecutor gave below – would be simply corrected. CROWN PROSECUTOR: Sometimes when ‑ I’ve already failed at least once to not […]
The Crown alleges that on or about 8 January 1982 the accused, alone or with the involvement of another person or persons, murdered Lynette Dawson. Then, or later, the accused possibly with assistance disposed of her body at an unknown location. The Crown puts its case against the accused that he was motivated to kill his […]
We are all formed as adults from our experiences as a child, but even more – consciously or unconsciously – from our deeper family experiences long, long before. For each of us the marker poles and the touchstones are different. One of mine is being a victim of child abuse – rape really, even though […]
Hawtrey last hit the headlines in 1984, when a rent boy set his house on fire. Newspaper photographs showed him naked except for a blanket without his toupee. Four years later he died as a result of peripheral vascular disease. https://laurenceraw.tripod.com/id481.html He was sacked from the Carry Ons in 1972 after turning up drunk for […]
A number of underworld figures and bikies are reportedly leaving Sydney because of the current gangland war and increasing police pressure. The shooting of Comanchero sergeant at arms Tarek Zahed and his brother Omar signalled to many it was time to leave town. “It is out of control,” said one senior underworld figure. “The people being hit […]
