Select Committee on the Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission

This inquiry was established on 23 September 2020 to inquire into and report on the Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission as the independent regulator of the greyhound industry in New South Wales.

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Chair:		Borsak, Robert (SFF, LC Member)
Deputy Chair:		Boyd, Abigail (GRNS, LC Member)
Members:		Amato, Lou (LIB, LC Member)
		Fang, Wes (NAT, LC Member)
		Houssos, Courtney (ALP, LC Member)
		Martin, Taylor (LIB, LC Member)
		Pearson, Mark (AJP, LC Member)
		Veitch, Mick (ALP, LC Member)

Date	Milestone
23 Sep 2020	Referred
29 Jan 2021	Submissions closed
26 May 2021	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
27 May 2021	Hearing - Fort Scratchley Function Centre, 5 Fort Drive, Newcastle East
28 May 2021	Hearing - Bathurst Greyhound Track, Bathurst
02 Jun 2021	Hearing - Temora Greyhound Track, Temora
03 Jun 2021	Hearing - Goulburn Greyhound Racing Club, Goulburn
06 Dec 2021	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
30 Jun 2022	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
16 Sep 2022	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney

No. 1 Name suppressed
No. 2 Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds
No. 3 Name suppressed
No. 4 Ms Lesley Pryke
No. 5 Miss Gaylene Young
No. 6 Mr Terry Ingram
No. 7 Ms Elizabeth Gentle
No. 8 Charlotte McCabe
No. 9 Dr Bishnu Lamichhane
No. 10 Ms Jan O'Leary
No. 11 Name suppressed
No. 12 Miss Amanda Barnes
No. 13 Ms Jacqueline Marks
No. 14 Name suppressed
No. 15 Miss Angela Furlan
No. 16 Name suppressed
No. 17 Name suppressed
No. 18 Name suppressed
No. 19 Ms Deborah Lowe
No. 20 Name suppressed
No. 21 Stop Dog Racing Australia
No. 22 Confidential
No. 22a Confidential
No. 23 Hastings River Greyhound Racing Club (Inc.) Wauchope
No. 24 World Animal Protection Australia
No. 25 Name suppressed
No. 26 Anti Greyhound Racing Network NSW (AGRN NSW)
No. 27 Tabcorp Holdings Limited
No. 28 Name suppressed
No. 29 Ms Rhonda Green
No. 30 Confidential
No. 31 Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission
No. 31a Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission
No. 32 Grafton Greyhound Racing Club
No. 33 Humane Society International Australia
No. 34 Greyhound Clubs NSW
No. 35 Dubbo Greyhound Racing
No. 36 Animal Liberation
No. 37 Sentient, The Veterinary Institute for Animal Ethics
No. 38 Greyhound Rescue Inc
No. 39 Matthew Pye
No. 40 PETA Australia
No. 41 Greyhound Racing New South Wales
No. 41a Greyhound Racing New South Wales
No. 42 Mr Warren Absalom
No. 43 RSPCA NSW
No. 44 Australian Veterinary Association (AVA)
No. 45 New England Greens Armidale Tamworth
No. 46 Mr Samuel Rees
No. 47 Confidential
No. 48 Ms Susie Hearder
No. 49 Animal Justice Party
No. 50 Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party Greyhound Branch
No. 51 Animal Care Australia Inc
No. 52 Mr Alexander Verhagen
No. 52a Mr Alexander Verhagen
No. 52b Mr Alexander Verhagen
No. 53 NSW Greyhound Breeders, Owners and Trainers’ Association Wentworth Park
No. 54 Mrs Eileen Robertson
No. 55 Animals Australia Inc.
No. 56 Shoalhaven Greyhound Racing Club
No. 57 Mr Jason Bolwell
No. 58 Name suppressed
No. 59 Name suppressed
No. 60 Mrs Wendy Archer
No. 61 Name suppressed
No. 62 Ms Anabel Debelak
No. 63 Name suppressed
No. 64 Ms Amy Johnson
No. 65 Confidential
No. 66 Name suppressed
No. 67 Animal Welfare League NSW
No. 68 Ms Ourania Dimitrakopoulos
No. 69 The Australian Workers' Union (AWU)
No. 70 Mr Gregory Purcell
No. 71 Ms Gail Thorsby
No. 72 Miss Corinne Mackenzie
No. 73 Name suppressed
No. 74 Name suppressed
No. 75 Mr John Tracey
No. 75a Mr John Tracey
No. 76 Ms Vicki Prest
No. 77 Name suppressed
No. 78 Name suppressed
No. 79 Dr Brian Daniel
No. 80 Mr Peter Davis
No. 81 Mr Michael Eberand
No. 82 Name suppressed
No. 87 Mrs Susan Absalom
No. 88 CG Insight

Date	Venue Details
26/05/2021	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
27/05/2021	Fort Scratchley Function Centre, 5 Fort Drive, Newcastle East	Schedule	Transcript
28/05/2021	Bathurst Greyhound Track, Bathurst	Schedule	Transcript
02/06/2021	Temora Greyhound Track, Temora	Schedule	Transcript
03/06/2021	Goulburn Greyhound Racing Club, Goulburn	Schedule	Transcript
06/12/2021	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
30/06/2022	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
16/09/2022	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2022-10-05	05/10/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Greyhound Racing New South Wales
2022-10-04	04/10/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Greyhound Racing New South Wales
2022-09-16	16/09/2022	Tabled Document	Photographs, 16 September 2022, tendered by Ms Abigail Boyd MLC
2022-09-16	16/09/2022	Tabled Document	Greyhound Racing NSW, 2020-21 Annual report, pg 17 - tendered by Mr Robert Macauley, CEO, Greyhound Racing NSW
2022-09-15	15/09/2022	Media Release	Media Release - Public hearing - 16 September 2022
2022-08-01	01/08/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Ms Lisa White - Friends of the Hound
2022-07-28	28/07/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Ms Lorraine Ramsay - Rescued Greyhounds NSW Central Coast
2022-07-27	27/07/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Ms Natalie Panzarino - Greyhound Rescue
2022-07-27	27/07/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission
2022-06-30	30/06/2022	Tabled Document	'Additional draconian rules implemented by GWIC', tendered by Mr Irwin
2022-06-30	30/06/2022	Tabled Document	'Feature race acceptance of responsibility', tendered by Mr Irwin
2022-06-30	30/06/2022	Tabled Document	Greyhound Integrity Welfare Commission disciplinary action decision regarding Mr Wolfgang Kraeft, 25 Jan 2021, tendered by Ms Panzarino
2022-06-30	30/06/2022	Tabled Document	Greyhound Integrity Welfare Commission disciplinary action decision regarding Robert Howard, 19 Dec 2021, tendered by Mr Irwin
2022-06-30	30/06/2022	Tabled Document	Greyhound Integrity Welfare Commission disciplinary action decision, regarding Natina Howard, 19 Dec 2021, tendered by Mr Irwin
2022-06-28	28/06/2022	Media Release	Media Release - Public hearing - 30 June 2022
2022-01-27	27/01/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Greyhound Breeders, Owners & Trainers' Association
2021-12-22	22/12/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	RSPCA
2021-12-06	06/12/2021	Tabled Document	Comparison 2019-20 to 2021 - 22 NSW Treasury – Race Wagering Tax (Actuals and Forward Estimates), tabled by Mr Gregory Purcell
2021-12-06	06/12/2021	Tabled Document	Report 'Injuries in racing greyhounds' by Andrew Knight from University of Winchester, tabled by Dr Rosemary Elliott
2021-08-06	06/08/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission - response to further supplementary questions
2021-06-30	30/06/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission - Annexures A D E F
2021-06-30	30/06/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission
2021-06-04	04/06/2021	Correspondence	Letter from Mr Brett Day, former Chief Steward, Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission, to the committee, responding to the evidence given at the hearing on 26 May 2021
2021-06-03	03/06/2021	Tabled Document	Points for Discussion, tendered by Mr Sandro Bechini, Greyhound owner and breeder, and former member, Animal Welfare Committee, GWIC
2021-06-03	03/06/2021	Tabled Document	Time it takes for greyhound requirements and photographs of greyhound treatments and equipment, tendered by Mr Peter Davis, Freelance journalist
2021-06-03	03/06/2021	Tabled Document	Email correspondence regarding 'Whiskey Throttle injured Wentworth Park', photographs of Whiskey Throttle, University of Sydney Veterinary Teaching Hospital 'Discharge Instructions' and invoice, tendered by Ms Kerry Drynan, Greyhound owner, breeder and trainer
2021-06-02	02/06/2021	Tabled Document	Exercise, Socialisation and Enrichment (ESE) Plan, tendered by Ms Vicki Prest
2021-05-27	27/05/2021	Tabled Document	Comments on GWIC operations - Dr Peter Yore, tendered by Mr David Irwin, Greyhound trainer
2021-05-25	25/05/2021	Media Release	Media release - Regional hearings - 25 May 2021
2021-04-20	20/04/2021	Other	Written response provided by Ms Judith Lind to comments made in submission no. 41
2021-04-12	12/04/2021	Other	Written response provided by Ms Judith Lind to comments made in submission no. 69 and 71
2021-04-09	09/04/2021	Other	Written response provided by Mr Steve Griffin, GWIC, to comments made in submission no. 69 and 71
2021-03-30	30/03/2021	Other	Written response provided by Dr Michelle Ledger, GWIC, to comments made in submission no. 69 and 71
2020-12-14	14/12/2020	Media Release	Media release - Submissions period extended - 14 December 2020
2020-12-10	10/12/2020	Minutes	Draft minutes 2 - 10 December 2020
2020-10-08	08/10/2020	Media Release	Call for submissions

Name	Role	Phone	Email
Merrin Thompson	Director Committees	9230 2895	GWIC@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Shaza Barbar	Principal Council Officer	9230 3067	GWIC@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Jessie Halligan	Principal Council Officer	9230 2064	GWIC@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Gareth Perkins	Administration Officer	9230 2296	GWIC@parliament.nsw.gov.au

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