New South Wales' racing codes "are lining up to oppose any move to implement an independent regulatory authority in the state after an inquiry into the embattled Queensland greyhound racing industry recommended a similar model," according to Adam Pengilly of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. Thoroughbred racing and harness racing officials "are understood to be reluctant to consider such a template after the Queensland greyhound racing inquiry's commissioner Alan MacSporran, QC, was scathing in his criticism of Racing Queensland in the wake of the live baiting scandal." He has lobbied for an independent integrity model to be adopted "north of the border." The state government-triggered review into the NSW greyhound racing industry "has discussed a similar framework to merge the integrity of operations of all three jurisdictions under one umbrella." Racing NSW "published theirs late last year." They "are believed to prefer the current system where NSW's thoroughbred, harness racing and greyhound racing control bodies are individually responsible for their own commercial and integrity units." But the prospect of the integrity arm of each being included under one independent organization could gather pace when retired High Court Judge Michael McHugh -- "whose investigation into the greyhound racing industry stretches back to February -- opens a Special Commission of Inquiry into the sport in NSW next week" (SMH, 6/1).
