The powerful regulator has been accused of acting as a “lawless organisation” as it faces claims it tried to identify whistleblowers to a parliamentary inquiry.
Racing NSW has been accused of acting as a “lawless organisation” with no accountability as it faces claims it tried to identify whistleblowers who provided evidence against it to a parliamentary inquiry.
At issue is whether an August 12 letter from Racing NSW chief operating officer Graeme Hinton to the upper house committee on the proposal to sell Rosehill Racecourse constituted wrongful interference. He added “the parliament needs to understand we are dealing with an Orwellian organisation” that now saw itself as “more powerful and more important than the parliament that created it”.
Latham has described Racing NSW itself as being “plagued by intimidation, favouritism, electronic surveillance and constant decision-making interference by the CEO” while also accusing V’landys of regulatory abuse and a lack of financial accountability. “These are issues that witnesses have brought to us as a committee. The behaviour of Racing NSW and its CEO is coming up time and time and time again,” she said.Animal Justice Party MLC Emma Hurst, the Rosehill committee’s deputy chair, said it had received a “plethora of evidence” about Racing NSW.
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