Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A few questions. How does it cost $600 000 to remediate a hundred year old red dirt track that my Dad and Ben Currie’s both used to ride work on when they were 12? Why would the contract to remediate a dirt track go to a company called Global Turf Solutions when there isn’t a […]
I was looking through the contract disclosure list that Racing Queensland are required by law to publish each year, and found a few contracts of interest. Here are some of them. I will show you some more tomorrow. $7.02 million to Martin Collins Australia to build us another useless synthetic track at Caloundra. Martin Collins […]
What you see at the top is a contract to pay the Royal National Association (RNA) almost $120 000 that Racing Queensland signed with the organisation just 23 days prior to the advertised start time of the Royal Queensland Show, aka the Ekka. At the time the contract was being signed the RNA were telling […]
Last week we published an article in which we mentioned the extraordinarily high turnover of staff at Racing Queensland. Today a reader has sent us a link to the reviews about working at Racing Queensland published on the job site seek.com.au They might explain a few things. Here is what they say —————————————————- Soul destroying. […]
Across the nation 7.5% of employees changes jobs this year, about 1 in every 7. At Racing Queensland 17.7% did, about 1 in 5. Why? That is a good question to which I have no ready answer. It can’t be the working conditions, as they are excellent. It can’t be the rigours of office life, […]
To understand the next story we ask that you first watch this replay of the Clifton Cup yesterday provided by Racing Queensland and its broadcast vision partner On The Bit Pty Ltd. All will be explained in the next story. Well as much as we can find out anyway.
You wouldn’t mind landing a job at Racing Queensland. It doesn’t appear to be real hard graft does it? And the benefits are terrible. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS RQ seeks to create a work environment and culture that supports employee health and wellbeing, promotes flexible work, and facilitates inclusion, diversity and mutual respect of others. RQ offers […]
On the back of a totally unexpected boom in wagering revenue during lockdown season, Racing Queensland have delivered a super impressive (on paper) $11.5 profit this year, and the whole Deagon office is walking around high-fiving and slapping each other backs. Enjoy it while you can RQ can-can dancers, for the bad times are just […]
Racing NSW’s website is not real user friendly. It is totally overloaded with information on the front page, the design conjures up visions of the year T-Rex beat Stegosaurus in the Cup, and the whole thing is as clunky as hell. But at least it provides the info a punter wants and needs, and does […]
Racing Queensland (RQ) is a quasi government/semi independent body created to administer the three codes of racing in the state, as the name suggests. RQ receives the State’s income from wagering – or in the case of the Point of Consumption Tax revenue, 35% of it – and distributes it according to priorities determined by […]
