One horse dies every three days on Australian race tracks.
After years of exposés on the cruelty of horse racing and growing public support, it is beyond time to shut down horse racing.
The Greens have a clear transition plan for commercial horse racing.
Our plan would introduce a Horse Racing Transition Taskforce to coordinate the shutdown of the industry, including:
- A national ban on horse racing
- Transitioning racing facilities to open green spaces
- Planning for workers currently employed
- Assisting in rehabilitation and rehoming of horses
- Implementing the betting levy.
And we'd fund it by introducing a Horse Betting Levy of 1% on betting turnover related to commercial horse racing. That's projected to raise $494 million over its first 2 years.
We know that the horse racing industry cannot be fixed. It must be shut down.