Labor’s treatment of country racing has gone from disgraceful to embarrassing according to the Shadow Minister for Racing, Jon Krause.
Mr Krause revealed this week that, in response to a question on notice, Racing Minister Grace Grace said “the primary purpose of the CRSP (Country Racing Support Package) is to offset the reductions in total funding for country racing in Queensland that were planned by Racing Queensland, in accordance with their Tracking Towards Sustainability financial sustainability initiative.”
“In other words, Labor told Racing Queensland to find savings as part of their slash and burn regime in racing and that meant cutting prize money to country racing,” he said.
Mr Krause said the LNP would release their country racing policy in the coming months, aiming to deliver certainty to the industry.
