Category: From the CEO’s Desk

I have very much enjoyed my first week in the chair as the Chief Executive Officer of Tasracing. While I have spent this week getting to know the Tasracing team and gaining an understanding of the key issues that we (as an industry) are facing, over the coming weeks it is my intention to meet…

Though he will not officially resign as a director of the Tasracing Board until next week’s Annual General Meeting, today’s Board meeting was the last for Deputy Chairman Des Gleeson. The highly respected and experienced racing administrator, former chairman of stewards for the Victoria Racing Club, former director of Integrity Services and former chairman of…

As I will shortly be concluding my role as the Tasracing CEO I would like to put on the record my appreciation for the support from the members of the Tasmanian racing industry during a challenging period of change and transition. It has been well documented that the current Board and management team from Tasracing…

In November 2015, Tasracing launched an industry consultation paper under the title 2020 And Beyond to provide our industry partners and other stakeholders with an opportunity to have a say on a new five-year strategic plan. Overwhelmingly, feedback received during that process indicated that two issues – infrastructure and stakes – were of critical importance…

THERE was some shock and surprise expressed around the country at last week’s announcement by the New South Wales Government to ban the greyhound racing industry from mid-2017. At the same time, it was very pleasing that the Tasmanian Government so quickly stated that it had no intention to shut down the industry in this…

Tasracing will commence a search for a new chief executive officer immediately following the resignation of Dr Eliot Forbes and his appointment to the CEO position of Racing Queensland. Tasracing chairman Dean Cooper said he was confident Dr Forbes’ appointment would be a positive one for the Queensland racing industry given what he had achieved…