Bob Bentley on Racing retro today, $85m for upgrade of Queensland racing infrastructure over 4 years conditional on agreement for a single control body consisting of 5 from racing and 1 each from greyhounds and harness racing.
The latter group not too pleased with their single rep which is based on the relative contributions the 3 codes make to revenue 80, 11 & 9% respectively according to Bob.Whether that is Bob's idea or the Governments wasn't made clear.
They don't they need a board of 7 when QRL has managed with a 5 person body and the others are even smaller.Big isn't necessarily better when it comes to boards and committees.So why would they want 7 members when racing will have a majority say anyway?
I reckon it's because the existing 5 QRL directors will retain their seats and slot into the new positions and in the process satisfy the ARB as being industry rather than Government appointees.
It's about preserving the status quo at a greater cost to stakeholders but of benefit to current QRL directors some of whom have limited tenure due to either not being eligible for reappointment or having to face an election in due course.
Singo said later there was a meeting on Friday with Treasury,QRL and Magic Millions to agree on details some of which were disclosed by Bob when answering questions.Gold Coast is the priority with funds to establish a new greyhound complex at Underwood and he also mentioned the need to fix Albion Park.
If the Government wants to be seen as unbiased it would limit the new body to 5 members 2 from racing and 1 each from greyhounds and harness racing with a independent chairperson
So its all systems go maybe
