2015
Feb – trainers, along with those from Victoria and Queensland, suspended after allegations of live baiting on Four Corners, which leads to the board of Greyhound Racing NSW being stood down.
March – NSW Premier Mike Baird launches special commission of inquiry to investigate governance, integrity and animal welfare led by former High Court judge Michael McHugh.
2016
June – McHugh releases report which includes evidence of live baiting and mass culling.
July 7 – Baird bans the sport across the state from July 2017.
July 13 – Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce criticises the ban.
August 24 – The bill to ban racing passes state parliament’s lower house following a late-night debate with three Nationals MPs crossing the floor to oppose it.
September 29 – Newspoll shows Baird’s approval falls from 61 per cent to 39 per cent.
October 4 – Media reports that Greyhounds Transition Taskforce head John Keniry tried to quit his post because he did not support the ban.
October 6 – Speculation Nationals MPs are preparing to contest Troy Grant’s leadership reaches fever pitch.
October 10 – Media speculation of a possible backflip before a NSW Nationals meeting. Keniry’s report into compensation due to be handed down.
October 11 – The premier announces his backflip, saying he is ‘sorry’ and he made the ‘wrong call’.
November 14 – Grant steps down as Nationals NSW leader after initial vote count for the Orange by-election shows loss of support for his party, with John Barilaro elected unopposed as new leader.
A week later the Nationals lose the once-safe seat of Orange to the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party. Support for the racing ban was among the reasons for the result.
2017
January – Baird resigns as premier.
February – A report on the reformation of the greyhound racing industry is released by the NSW government.
Source: AAP