The Q greyhound racing facility near Ipswich in Queensland was meant to be a turning point for animal welfare in Queensland. Instead, just months after its launch, at least seventeen greyhounds have died following catastrophic injuries at the $90 million venue ($44 million of which was tax payer money), and dozens more have been injured.

The Q is fast becoming a symbol of everything that’s broken in greyhound racing.

If we measure a system by how it treats its most vulnerable, then greyhound racing — even in its most modern form — has failed once again.

It’s time for action. It’s time for accountability.