Consultation / GWIC Industry Participants Advisory Council

The Commission has established a new advisory council, GWIC Industry Participants Advisory Council (GIPAC), to allow industry participants to provide greater input into its work.

The primary objective of the Council is to enhance the Commission’s engagement and collaboration with industry participants, experts and stakeholders in the early stages of developing policies and regulations.

The GIPAC's role is to:

  • Provide advice to the Commission in relation to the likely impact on the greyhound industry of regulatory and operational policies it has under consideration;
  • Provide advice to the Commission in relation to the likely impact of changes to rules, policies and programs under consideration and the effectiveness of its delivery of services to the industry ; and
  • Ensure the industry has early engagement in relation to policy and rule changes.

The GIPAC is comprised of eight members with the chair to be selected by its members. Members must be current industry participants with experience and expertise to enable them to adequately represent key stakeholders within the NSW Greyhound Racing Industry.

The GIPAC will complement the Commission's Greyhound Knowledge Information Network (GKIN) which was established in 2018 to provide informal feedback to the Commission in relation to policy considerations by the Commission. Members of the GKIN were self-nominated and contacted on an ad-hoc basis to discuss their thoughts on various work by the Commission on several occasions.

The list of members below were appointed by the Commissioner under section 13(1) of the Greyhound Racing Act 2017 for a period of 23 months, commencing 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024.

NAMEPARTICIPANT TYPEREGIONS
Mr Martin HallinanPublic Trainer / BreederCentral West
Mr Barry WardOwner/BreederSydney
Ms Amanda GinnPublic Trainer / BreederCentral West
Ms Tracy HindmarshPublic Trainer / BreederNorthern Rivers
Mr Ben TalbotPublic TrainerSouthern Highland
Mr Mark BellPublic trainer / BreederWestern Sydney
Mr Bryan YoungPublic Trainer / BreederHunter Region
Mr Glenn MidsonOwner TrainerSouth Coast
Ms Gayle Masterson Owner Trainer / Breeder / Stud MasterHunter Region

The Terms of Reference for the GIPAC can be viewed here.

The 2021-22 GIPAC Work Plan can be viewed here.

GIPAC Meeting Minutes
GIPAC Meeting minutes: October 2023
GIPAC Meeting minutes: September 2023
GIPAC Meeting minutes: August 2023
GIPAC Meeting minutes: July  2023
GIPAC Meeting minutes: June 2023
GIPAC Meeting minutes: May 2023
GIPAC Meeting minutes: April 2023
GIPAC Meeting minutes: March 2023
GIPAC Meeting minutes: 24 February  2023
GIPAC Meeting minutes: 2 February 2023
GIPAC Meeting minutes: November 2022
GIPAC Meeting minutes: October 2022
GIPAC Meeting minutes: September 2022
GIPAC Meeting minutes: June 2022
GIPAC Meeting minutes: 27 May 2022
GIPAC Meeting minutes: 29 April 2022
GIPAC Meeting minutes: 25 February 2022
GIPAC Meeting minutes: 28 January 2022
GIPAC Meeting minutes: 26 November 2021 
GIPAC Meeting minutes: 29 October 2021
GIPAC Meeting minutes: 24 September 2021
GIPAC Meeting minutes: 27 August 2021
GIPAC Meeting minutes: 30 July 2021
GIPAC Meeting minutes: 25 June 2021 
GIPAC Meeting minutes: 30 April  2021
GIPAC Meeting minutes:  26 March 2021
GIPAC Meeting minutes: 26 February 2021
GIPAC Meeting minutes: 29 January 2021
GIPAC Meeting minutes: 11 December 2020