Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
For the past couple of years now there has been a shortage of jockeys in regional Queensland. There were never a lot ever, but the country and provincial tracks north of the Sunshine Coast only used to race once a week, so there didn’t really need to be. Supply and demand principles worked: there were […]
It is reassuring to know that your State’s Principal Racing Authority is up to speed with all that is going on in the sport, and has it’s finger on the pulse. Sadly the patient’s dead. As has become the custom in Queensland in recent months, the starting barriers malfunctioned at the Sunshine Coast yesterday afternoon, […]
Two months age we told you about the mass failures of the starting barriers at Gatton, and put forth a position that if the club was unable to secure funding for new stalls or to repair the existing faulty ones then it’s license to race should be stripped from it. Well here we are today […]
So it is a public holiday in Queensland tomorrow. Sydney and Melbourne don’t have one, because they observe ANZAC properly and don’t trivialise it by turning it into an excuse for a day off work. The national gambling market is therefore wide open for Queensland, so the obvious thing to do is to put on […]
