Does anyone know if the GOVT is indeed now part of the agreement because it runs Greys in NSW?

Does anyone know if the original agreement document has ever been changed?

Why was V'Landys reacting like Pocahontas with a burning stick up his rear to a deal that is watertight, unchangeable, and non-negotiable?
Surely he should have been sitting back smoking Havanas and sipping Hennesy?
Does anyone know why?
He knows the agreement inside out, back to front, and upside down.
If you asked him nicely he would probably recite it for you...word for word.

Can I suggest that all commentators and bush lawyers should first Google NSW RACING INTERCODE AGREEMENT and read through the many posts there.

That will cover everything except the 1998 agreement itself and two later amendments (apparently confidential). It will confirm that there are only four parties involved and that the government does not want a bar of it.

As for changes, I suggest there is only one course worth following: we need to convince the other two codes that a growing and prosperous industry in total will also be a good thing for all the members.

The continuing fall in harness patronage and the decline or fall of greyhounds will not help the gallops. Rather it will arm and encourage the industry's numerous opponents to take ever stronger action to shut down the lot.

In any event, the reliance on subsidies from greyhounds by the other two codes will do them no good in the long run. It merely disguises the potential for them to identify their own weaknesses, make improvements and move to greater prosperity. Subsidies for GM-Holden, for example, kept them going for quite a while but eventually the house of cards blew down.

Sometimes a pinch of commonsense and reasoning is all it takes.
Unfortunately some can't utilize those attributes because they have big noses.

Pinocchio was like that...he just wouldn't bloody learn, would he!