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 […]
On Wednesday CEO Brendan Parnell’s team at Racing Queensland decided in their infinite wisdom to transfer Sunday’s scheduled turf meeting at the Sunshine Coast to the poly track, in a single second slashing the already decimated by corporate bookie industrial action wagering turnover on the meeting in half. The reason given was that after an […]
We have attempted to reason with the corporates by flagging potential changes to the race field fees when they come up for renewal next year. Brendan Parnell, CEO Racing QLD The reality is they (the Corporate bookmakers) have secretly pushed through these changes, with zero consultation with anyone other than Tabcorp. It is based on […]
Thangool is a two pub town with a primary school, a post office, a servo, an aerodrome, and a population of 741, about the same as Lancaster Rd that runs along the entrance to Eagle Farm, or maybe a little less. It’s also got a really good racetrack, one of the best in the district, […]
To the best of my knowledge there are 4, maybe 5 mobile starting barrier vehicles available for use in harness racing in QLD – 1 at Marburg, 1 or 2 at Redcliffe, and 2 at Albion Park. On the 25th of January this year Racing Queensland paid a company named Carey Industrial the seemingly incredible […]
Almost $1 million in taxpayers’ money has been wasted on upgrades to an outback Queensland racetrack that remains unusable. The Central Warrego Race Club in Charleville was one of many regional racing organisations to receive track upgrade funding from the state government as part of the Country Racing Program. Bush racing is a beloved part of the […]
Since mid-2019 Racing Queensland has been involved in litigation against Tabcorp, seeking hundreds of millions of dollars that it claims the company has underpaid in taxes and fees on various agreements struck by the parties. On the strength of the evidence presented, RQ has generally been regarded as a short priced favourite to win the […]
One of the striking features of the new POC tax regime about to be introduced by the Queensland Government is that the 20% tax will be applied to winnings from bonus bets. A bonus bet has no real monetary value. It is a notional gift given to punters by a bookmaker as a reward for […]
TO: The Punters of Queensland FROM: A.J. Butterfly, Sportsman and User of a Calculator SUBJECT: The Great Rock ‘n Roll Funding Rip Off Punters, we’ve all been robbed. You are all getting excited about the massive injection of funds into racing now that we are going to get 80% of the Point of Consumption (POC) […]
