HORSE RACING – NEW SOUTH WALES

ABC sued for report on horse cruelty

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Original article by Brad Norington
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 3-Mar-20

Racing NSW CEO Peter V’landy is suing the ABC and journalist Caro Meldrum-Hanna for defamation. The legal action relates to a story that aired on ‘7.30’ in October, in which it was alleged that hundreds of former racehorses were sent to abattoirs. V’landy had agreed to appear on the program on behalf of Racing NSW, and stated that no horses in New South Wales were being sent to abattoirs. His lawyers will allege that the ABC acted dishonestly in not telling him that it had undercover footage of animal cruelty that it was going to air on the program, and that V’landy should have been given the chance to explain that Racing NSW had no jurisdiction in Queensland, where most of the horses that were sent to abattoirs came from.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RACING NSW

Opera House’s Everest promotion ‘probably illegal’: trust

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Original article by Deborah Cornwall
The Australian – Page: 5 : 9-Oct-18

The New South Wales Government’s decision to allow advertising for the Everest horse race to be projected onto the Sydney Opera House’s sails continues to attract scrutiny. The NSW Heritage Trust’s conservation director Graham Quint suggests that the ads may be in breach of both the NSW Heritage Act and the federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act. He says the Heritage Act has clear guidelines for the projection of colours and images on the Opera House sails.

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SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE, NEW SOUTH WALES HERITAGE TRUST, NSW RACING PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY