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Racing Minister Corey Wingard was told in writing by the SAJC and Country Racing SA that his controversial elevation of an interstate industry figure to the board of South Australia’s peak racing body was in breach of the organisation’s constitution, a leaked letter reveals.
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UPDATED | The deputy chair of South Australia’s peak racing body has returned to duties today after a leave of absence, despite unresolved legal questions continuing in the Northern Territory, where he was this week voted out as chair of the Darwin Turf Club.
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South Australia’s racing organisations wrote to minister Corey Wingard about his contentious endorsement of a new board member to its peak body, InDaily can reveal, but the letter’s contents have been heavily redacted by the minister’s Freedom of Information officer.
The Auditor-General will soon decide whether to conduct a special investigation into the process of appointing directors to the state’s peak horse racing body.
SA-Best MLC Frank Pangallo has asked the Auditor-General to investigate the probity of the process of appointing directors to horse racing’s peak body in South Australia.
UPDATED | The Greens and SA Best have added their voices to calls for Racing Minister Corey Wingard to take action to ensure the removal of a Racing SA director under an ICAC cloud.
The constitution of Racing SA was changed after the contentious appointment of a director now accused of misconduct by an anti-corruption body, in an apparent attempt to avoid similar controversy in the future.
