Horse racing lobby has access to NSW politicians and gives gifts, documents show

Exclusive: Ministerial diaries and gift disclosures reveal extent of industry interactions with MPs

The New South Wales horse racing industry gains regular access to state ministers and has given almost 70 gifts to individual politicians that they were required to disclose in recent years, including free tickets to the race at the centre of the Opera House controversy.

A Guardian Australia analysis of four years of ministerial diaries and gift disclosures sheds new light on the interactions between the racing industry – predominantly Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club – and the state government.

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