A humble NSW Premier Mike Baird has performed an extraordinary backflip on his greyhound racing ban, admitting he and his government "got it wrong", the Sydney Daily Telegraph has reported. Just three months after announcing on Facebook that he was shutting the entire NSW greyhound industry down after allegations of widespread cruelty, Baird revealed the extraordinary U-turn at a press conference on Tuesday, saying the industry was getting "one last chance". The Greyhound Racing Alliance, which has been instrumental in overturning the ban by outlining methods of reform, said it was "appreciative and thankful". "This has been a very difficult time for so many people whose lives were overturned by this ban," said Brenton Scott, boss of the NSW Greyhound Breeders, Owners and Trainers' Association. We are now completely committed to making the people of NSW proud of their greyhound industry."

Source: New Zealand Herald October 12, 2016 15:56 UTC