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Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 05:00 pm UTC+11:00

Rally against the Million Dollar Disgrace

  • Wentworth Park · Pyrmont
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Rally against the Million Dollar Disgrace Will you join us to increase the public voice and maintain our demands to the NSW Minns/Harris Labor State Government on behalf of all the exploited racing greyhounds, calling for the government to 'shut it down'?
Stand with us to demand an end to the commercial greyhound industry at the last ever Million Dollar Chase event at the Wentworth Park death track!
Rally with us to make sure GRNSW, GWIC, the gambling companies and every supporter of this disgraceful industry knows that we will not be silent, and we will not rest until this industry is shut down once and for all.
When: Friday 16 October 14 2026 at 5pm
Where: Millard Reserve, Wentworth Park
Worldwide, we are seeing track after track close, and more and more countries finally legislating a ban.
We know this gambling fuelled, dog killing commercial greyhound racing industry can’t be reformed and it can’t be regulated either. They’ve had decades and the publicly funded NSW Regulator, the Greyhound Welfare & Integrity Commission (GWIC) has been operating since 2018 and has continued to fail greyhounds and has continued to fail us too.
In NSW we’ve seen the continuation of shocking scandals - the ongoing GWIC Final Disciplinary Outcomes investigations into GRNSW participants, the Drake report, serious allegations about the internal culture of GWIC and GWIC’s Chief Commissioner Alby Taylor being removed from office following an investigation into alleged workplace misbehaviour.
More recently we’ve seen the damning results from the NSW Auditor General’s report into GWIC, which found:
Lack of Industry-Wide Oversight
Inefficient Case Management
Absence of Performance Frameworks
Operational and Safety Deficiencies
Every week greyhounds are being overbred and discarded or sent interstate or overseas. Dogs are still being drugged and a growing unknown number of dogs are unaccounted for. These dogs are left to suffer in kennels with untreated injuries and living an isolated and unnatural life. They are still being injured and killed on death tracks or transferred off track to be killed elsewhere. Greyhounds are suffering in kennels and on tracks across NSW, Australia and around the world.
Meanwhile our elected governments’ continue to excuse and prop up this industry, protecting the industry and gambling companies who all grow rich and powerful from the exploitation of these gentle dogs.
Join us, alongside a number of compassionate MPs who will be speaking at the rally including:
MC Greens Cl Matthew Thompson, City of Sydney Council
Cl Yvonne Weldon, City of Sydney Council - Welcome to Country
Kylie Field (NSW Director, Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds)
Kobi Shetty (Greens NSW Member for Balmain)
Mehreen Faruqi (Greens Senator)
Emma Hurst (NSW Animal Justice Party MLC)
Abigail Boyd (Greens NSW MLC)
Anna Hall, (President, Animal Liberation)
Join us after the rally at Mama B’s for dinner to celebrate the end of greyhound racing at Wentworth Park and to reflect and renew our commitment to end this industry globally.
Mama B’s - 87-93 Abercrobie Street Chippendale, NSW, 2008, dogs are welcome!
It’s time for us to come together and demand an immediate end to this government sanctioned abuse. We need a huge crowd of compassionate and loud dog lovers to join us to demand urgent change.
Please note, this is a police-approved peaceful rally, and by attending, you agree to respecting, listening to and following instructions from designated safety marshals, behaving responsibly, and maintaining a calm and respectful atmosphere.
Together, let's ensure this event remains peaceful and productive for the greys.

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Wentworth Park, 9 Wentworth Park Rd, Glebe NSW 2037, Australia, Pyrmont

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