A greyhound racing industry alliance has launched its first legal challenge to the Baird Government's ban in the NSW Supreme Court.
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The industry's legal team said on Friday that it had filed proceedings seeking a declaration to declare the government's racing inquiry report invalid, therefore challenging the ban based on the report.
The action comes as Labor leader Luke Foley this week visited the famous greyhound race track in Dapto, declaring the party would help fight the ban.
Chief executive of the NSW Breeders, Owners and Trainers' Association Brenton Scott said the government’s ban had been based on only one of 80 recommendations made in the inquiry report.
"The idea that a government can ban a perfectly lawful racing industry ... on the basis that it has lost some form of 'intangible and unwritten' social licence would be a very worrying development to many in the community," he said.
“Our industry has widely identified the many factual errors in the Report in addition to the legal errors identified by our legal counsel.
“These factual errors were brought to the attention of the Premier in the industry’s comprehensive and detailed rebuttal which was provided to the Premier last week.”
Acting Premier and Minister for Racing Troy Grant has hit back at the legal challenge.
"The greyhound industry should have invested as much time and resources into ridding itself of live baiting and animal cruelty as it is now spending on lawyers, lobbyists and spin doctors," he told AAP.