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Report

The committee's report was tabled on 22 November 2012 and is available here or under 'Related Publications'.

Referral

On 1 November 2012 the Racing and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 (the Bill) was introduced into the Legislative Assembly by the Hon Steven Dickson MP, Minister for National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing.

The Bill was referred to the Health and Community Services Committee in accordance with Standing Order 131.  The committee was required to report to the Parliament by 22 November 2012.

The Bill

The objectives of the Bill are:

• remove Racing Queensland Limited (Racing Queensland) as the control body for the thoroughbred, harness and greyhound codes of racing
• establish the Queensland All Codes Racing Industry Board as a body with responsibilities for strategic issues across the three codes of racing and as the control body for the thoroughbred, harness and greyhound codes of racing
• establish a separate code-specific control board for each of the three codes of racing
• transfer integrity functions currently undertaken by the control body to government, to be paid for by the industry
• permit bookmakers to use the internet to conduct bookmaking
• ensure that the control body has the necessary powers to manage the three codes of racing
• ensure the code-specific control boards have the necessary powers to assist the control body in managing the three codes of racing
• ensure that the Minister responsible for racing has more involvement in, and power over, the operations of the control body, and
• make other related and consequential amendments.

The Bill and Explanatory Notes are available:

Racing and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012

Explanatory Notes to the Bill 

Submissions

Submissions closed on Monday 12 November 2012.

Public briefing

The Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing briefed the committee on the bill on Wednesday 7 November 2012. The transcript is now available under the 'Related Publications' tab.