There is no doubt that people from right across our area will have noted changes at the old RTA/RMS building in Cessnock.
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First of all it was sold, and then immediately rented back for 15 years. Then, as tenants of the recently sold building, the NSW Government completely re-furbished the building. It has been given an enormous facelift at the expense of the taxpayer and is now called Service NSW.
And then finally, following all of this, from the end of September, the hours of operation will be reduced, cut-back, restricted! Welcome to Baird economics.
DOGS KILLED OFF
About 6 weeks ago now, Premier Baird announced that he would shut down greyhound racing.
There are a range of views on this issue. Regardless of your thoughts, no-one could say that the idea of a shut-down was being openly and publicly discussed. It was delivered like a king hit!
There are thousands of people who work hard, care for and respect their animals, who have many millions of dollars invested into property, buildings, tracks and training facilities, businesses, vehicles, dogs, etc.
No matter who you are or what your thoughts are, you must have some compassion for the financial destruction that this king hit has caused.
This brings me to the debate in Parliament last week, as the Legislation to kill-of greyhound racing was introduced. It appears there is a real logical gap in the arguments of the Government.
On one hand they say that it is the death of the animals that is key driver. But then they state that this greyhound ban should not be interpreted as an attack on any other animal industry like horse-racing. Well, if animal deaths are your main concern then how can the greyhound decision not lead people to the issue of horse racing? That is a logical gap!
And then there is the issue of the “social licence”. What exactly is that? I would think of social licence as “public opinion”. I am willing to be wrong and happy to be corrected. But if social licence is public opinion, where does that place the Government on issues like same sex marriage or the democracy of local councils that are being killed-off as forced amalgamations roll out?
Does the Government not measure the same social licence ruler to their own activities?
I will be participating in the debate when Parliament resumes in 2 weeks. I will be voting against the ban.