Racehorse TALK

Good Marist Ashgrove old boy.  Few of em involved in racing these days.

Reckon he was a member of the Racing Appeals (RAT) with Leo Williams and Jim Killen, before he became the member for Southport.

And might have been on the committee of the Gold Coast Turf Club in the past to.

And a good bloke too!

Has been known to have a bet and a beer!

Will be fearless in his passion for Queensland Racing, so any decisions he makes will be well thought through, even if we may not agree.

Even Ted E Turner should feel somewhat reassured that a true "racelover" is now in charge.

Great news for racing.

A racing minister from the Gold Coast. Maybe all those old tories who pine for the good old days could buy him a fat suit and then he would be nearly perfect.

You would think that his ministerial title should have Racing in it.

Do they think it's so inconsequential that it doesn't deserve inclusion.

Pretty poor IMO

with this corrupted re-voted in labor party and their contempt for the industry nothing would surprise....bent-wad park at 10 mil. super shit -thetics and all the qrl spastic decisions that they seek to justify represents more of the same.....looks like beauie-desert is next but who knows what benthead the pariah does certainly not stakeholders.....where does his millions come from?

Praise the Lord.

With the opening of State Parliament after the recent election  I was eagerly awaiting the arrival of the first Hansard  to see what our  newly promoted ministers had to say for themselves.

Our new Racing Minister Hon.P J Lawlor (Southport-ALP )(Minister for Tourism and Fair Trading) note no mention of Racing, had his moment of glory holding centre stage for 3 minutes speaking  on the Tourism industry and the best job in the world promotion.

Not a word about racing.

Not a good sign when Racing doesn't get included in his title .

Hope he hasn't forgotten already.  

The only contribution I found on racing was from opposition MP Vaughan Johnson Gregory LNP about the plight of country racing .

In closing he said  "I call on whoever may be responsible in the government to show some leadership and bring about a concept where we can once again enjoy racing as we used to in our country towns .We once took racing for granted but not anymore."

Maybe he thinks the new racing minister is invisible

Thought this thread could be resurrected given the expectations of the newly elected Labour Govt and the sad outcomes of racing administration so far since..to wit, one Queensland Racing Limited.

Will the Minister ever act?

I'm pining for Merri Rose like a love-sick teenager. 

We need another Hinze to run racing.. sure all will jump out and say he set racing back but you can't knock his enthusiasm for racing or the fact he would mix with us commoners.  I shared a burger (well stood at the same spot) with Russ at the Gold Coast trots and had an enjoyable talk with him.  I also offered to give him a tissue to wipe off the hamburger stain off his tee shirt but he declined.

A great man.

The bar ain't real high up there?

When it comes to State Governments, those of us from south of the border can hardly talk, can we?