National Party MPs Stephen Bromhead and John Barilaro have said that they will wait for the results of the Keniry report into greyhound racing compensation before potentially reconsidering their stances on the controversial issue.
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A front page article published by the Daily Telegraph stated that Mr Barilaro was one of two senior National Party ministers working to reverse the shutdown of the greyhound racing industry.
Nobody should be so fixed in their views that they don’t consider the (Dr Keniry) report
- Member for Myall Lakes Stephen Bromhead
Mr Barilaro, the minister for regional development, skills and small business, was in Taree on Tuesday, September 27 for the launch of the State government’s High Impact Teams business support pathways.
He said he had no comment in reference to “speculation” that he was working to reverse the ban, which is due to come into effect from July next year.
Mr Barilaro did say that “as a government, we need to respond to our community”.
Member for Myall Lakes Stephen Bromhead said he would wait for the findings of the compensation report, headed by Dr John Keniry, before he would consider any change in his stance.
“Nobody should be so fixed in their views that they don’t consider the findings of the report,” he said.
“Everyone should listen to their community and listen to what their community has to say.”
In an interview with the Times on July 8, Mr Bromhead staunchly defended the Baird government’s decision to ban the greyhound industry.
“The industry made changes but there remains an underbelly of animal cruelty within greyhound racing and that’s not acceptable,’’ Mr Bromhead said at the time.
Taree had been one of the locations nominated to host the Mid North Coast Centre of Excellence, which would have included a $10 million upgrade of facilities at the Kanangra Drive complex.