Walkley award winning journo. Former E.P of 7.30 Report NSW. Founding E.P. of Australian Story. Full time rat bag for environmental and animal welfare causes.
Joined May 2009
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It’s not just dogs’ lives that are ruined by toxic #GreyhoundRacing. NRL number one referee loses $400k gambling on greyhounds and horses.
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#politas. #GreyhoundRacing. Same everywhere; a culture of careless cruelty conducted for gambling profit.
Irish greyhounds are being raced in temperatures in the mid-twenties. So that people in Asia have something to bet on. Let that sink in! Then, contact your local public reps and insist that the public funding of this cruelty fest is ended! @jackfchambers @MichealMartinTD
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#politas #GreyhoundRacing. Everywhere you look. But they ‘love their dogs’. Yeah. nah.
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Kennel owner 'shocked' by condition of dogs received from Greyhound Racing SA
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Deborah Fleming OAM retweeted
Labor running third in Victoria. The end can't come quick enough for the abominable Allan government
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#politas. Congratulations to two former Premiers on these well deserved honours. Noting with pride and gratitude your public support for phasing out #GreyhoundRacing - a cross party cause supported by so many Tasmanians from every walk of life.
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Where are all the #politas podcasters when we need them?
An absence of political analysis as we seemingly lurch towards ‘Deja vu all over again’.
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Deborah Fleming OAM retweeted
Jun 3
They never give up on an animal but the sanctuary is in trouble - it cares for 2700 dogs, 500 of them disabled, please donate or retweet - ensure it can continue its work.
This is Patsy, playing happily today. But her story, like those of so many animals at the sanctuary, is one of survival, resilience, and endurance.
Patsy is a victim of hakka patas, one of the cruelest devices ever created by humans. Commonly used in Sri Lanka, it is one of the leading causes of elephant deaths on the island. These improvised explosive devices are hidden inside food. When an animal bites down, the device detonates in its mouth, causing catastrophic injuries.
Many victims die instantly. Others suffer prolonged and agonizing deaths from their injuries, starvation, and thirst. Although these devices are primarily intended for wild boar, countless other animals, both wild and domestic, fall victim to them. Dogs, in particular, are frequent casualties.
No one believed Patsy would survive. Even we feared that her injuries were too severe. But Patsy fought with incredible determination to live, and we fought alongside her every step of the way.
Today, she can play, eat, and drink independently. Her recovery is nothing short of remarkable.
Hakka patas is illegal, but outdated animal welfare laws, more than 100 years old, combined with a lack of enforcement and political will to protect animals, mean that these tragedies continue. Those working to save and care for victims face tremendous challenges every day.
That is why your support is so crucial. With your help, we can continue rescuing, treating, and giving animals like Patsy a second chance at life.
@Jan_Leeming @PeterEgan6 @rickygervais
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#Patsy #AnimalRescue #AnimalWelfare #SaveAnimals #EndAnimalCruelty #RescueDog #DogRescue
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RT @WilkieMP: Members of The Coalition, including former PM John Howard, signed an open letter to the PM wanting stronger action on gamblin…
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Volunteer foster carers like Megan struggle every day to find homes for all the cast off black doggos like Quinn here. @TasmanianLabor barracks for #GreyhoundRacing but never offers help or solutions for the discarded young animals. Seems wrong to me.
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Deborah Fleming OAM retweeted
Jun 3
#deadgreyhoundsaus
Also dying tonight on a Victorian greyhound racing track was "Demon Yogi". He collided with another greyhound and fell, suffering fractures to the left and right radius/ulna bones. His suffering would have been EXTREME. Euthanised.
Not yet 2 years old, used for racing 4 times, now dead.
Rest in Peace 🤍
Born: 29 September 2024
Dead: 3 June 2026
Replay and report:
fasttrack.grv.org.au/RaceFie…
#bangreyhoundracing
Jun 3
#deadgreyhoundsaus
Another greyhound dead in Victoria tonight.
"Black Nevera" won his race at Ballarat. Then just after the finish he collided with another greyhound. He fell suffering a right humerus fracture and now he's dead. Euthanised.
Hard to see in footage - he is number 3 in white.
Syndicate owned, used for racing 16 times, now dead. I guess they still get the prizemoney so all good.
Last year in July, he fell entering the catching pen after the race - no apparent injury was found but he didn't race again for 3 months.
In November his record says he was disqualified from a race, then didn't race again until 1 May this year - not sure what that was about. Report from that race says: "A post–race urine sample was taken from Black Nevera – the winner of the event"
Rest in Peace 🤍
Born: 15 August 2023
Dead: 3 June 2026
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Replay and report:
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#politas #GreyhoundRacing @TasmanianLabor. @WAG_Tas. @themercurycomau today. Just who is being ‘disrespected’ here? Does it cut more ways than has been suggested?
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All round ray of sunshine and top bloke LukeMcGregor is one of the record breaking number of Tasmanians from all walks of life who signed an open letter supporting plans to phase out dog racing in #politas.🙏Luke.
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Corrected stats from #politas Estimates re #GreyhoundRacing. 168 licensed participants of whom the top 20 have 80 % of dogs. Rest hobbyists.
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Deborah Fleming OAM retweeted
Jun 3
Two trainers with 60% of the dogs? So we’re not talking about an “industry” so much as a taxpayer-subsidised concentration of stock. Amazing how much public angst is being expended to protect the profits of a few, and the hobby of a handful.
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Deborah Fleming OAM retweeted
Jun 3
so dodgy - greyhounds will be shipped in from NZ as "companion animals" when it is known they will be used for racing. Same as the 80 who were shipped from NZ to Qld for racing last year.
Dozens of New Zealand greyhounds expected to arrive in Queensland next month ahead of racing ban
abc.net.au/news/2026-06-03/n…
From the estimates hearing last week (27 May 2026):
"When and as they come to Australia - I understand that this consignment is probably going to come in July, from what we understand, talking to our counterparts - so long as they meet the import protocols and they are certified fit for travel, which is done by the certifying vet in New Zealand, they can be released into Australia. As to how they are then used, that's not something that we have control over thereafter. They are being imported as companion animals, like other animals" - Dr Brant Smith, First Assistant Secretary
Transcript:
parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo…
Footage is from here:
youtube.com/watch?v=rUzjXhwI…
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The world is changing at warp speed like it or not and how it’s even seen as humane to participants to prop up something as rooted in the past as #GreyhoundRacing is quite a puzzle? Canute like is an understatement?
Unreal that some #politas MLCs are permitting a gambling driven #GreyhoundRacing welfare and cruelty crisis to be spun instead as a human welfare problem in which the enablers of cruelty are actually the victims. The core issue is a simple, moral one and it’s being dodged?
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Unreal that some #politas MLCs are permitting a gambling driven #GreyhoundRacing welfare and cruelty crisis to be spun instead as a human welfare problem in which the enablers of cruelty are actually the victims. The core issue is a simple, moral one and it’s being dodged?
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Launceston Tasmania last night, wet weather, a very wet track. First video is 3 year old "Sketchy Takeover", bumped twice, suffered a "torn left hind digit 5 toenail, and a possible fracture of digit 3".
Other video is when he fell November in Victoria. In June last year he suffered a serious muscle tear.
1 June 2026 - Launceston (Tas) - torn left hind digit 5 toenail, and a possible fracture of digit 3. 21 days incapacitation
tasracing.com.au/hubfs/2026-…
26 May 2026 - Launceston (Tas) - tooth stuck in muzzle
tasracing.com.au/hubfs/2026-…
7 May 2026 - Launceston (Tas) - scratched due to injury
tasracing.com.au/hubfs/2026-…
4 November - Geelong (Vic) - muzzle became dislodged, fell, suffered a lumbo-sacral injury. Just 5 days recovery, Ordered to wear an anti–aggression muzzle in all future events. Didn't race again until 2 February 2026 in Tasmania
fasttrack.grv.org.au/RaceFie…
27 June 2025 - Gardens (NSW) - right back muscle tear. 42 days of incapacitation and suffering
thedogs.com.au/attachments/e…
Fasttrack record:
fasttrack.grv.org.au/Dog/Det…
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Deborah Fleming OAM retweeted
Jun 1
Victoria records nation’s highest greyhound death toll as calls grow for inquiry
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Amidst the ‘tumult and shouting’ of current #politas processes, just as a side bar, worth noting that a silent majority of 74 per cent of us are grateful to @jeremyrockliff for sticking with us on #GreyhoundRacing phase out. He didn’t have to. We’re appreciative of that.
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#politas a sidebar re the Paul Eriksson matter which has been resurrected apropos Madeleine Ogilvie history. As TasRacing CEO Paul tried hard to improve lives of dogs in #GreyhoundRacing. He even rescued 2 himself.
Not something other industry cheerleaders do much of??
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