The recently released national statistics for the racing season 2010-2011 reveals a worrying trend for racing in Queensland. Starters are down by 6%, prizemoney, number of races and number of horses are all down... read more.

Held over two days 8 and 9 December 2011, the Hendra Virus Congress involved 70 participants including industry stakeholders, researchers, and key experts. Allison Crook, Director of Animal Biosecurity and Welfare, Biosecurity Queensland said, “The Congress went well. The discussions ranged across diagnostics and detection, therapeutics, ecology and modeling and human factors including social science considerations.”.. read more.

The number of bookmakers in the betting ring in Brisbane has noticeably dwindled with several former prominent bookmakers leaving the field due to rising costs. On field bookmakers believe they are being over charged as they pay both a .33% turnover tax and a stand fee to the clubs and as well, are taxed between 10% and 15% of their monthly profit under the Racing Queensland Ltd race fields policy... read more.

The Honourable Tim Mulherin has introduced an important biosecurity bill to parliament which will modernize Queensland’s legislation by replacing seven separate Acts and several other pieces of legislation with one Act to provide uniformity and clarity to the regulatory processes involved in the management of biosecurity issues. Key features of the Bill are: shared responsibility, local area or industry-level decision making and prioritising of biosecurity activities and risk based.. read more.