Wentworth Park Greyhound Track to be Demolished for Parkland

Kobi Shetty MP  -  Media Release  -  10, December 2025

10^th December 2025

The NSW Government has this week announced that greyhound racing at Wentworth Park will end in 2027, with the park to be returned to the community and redeveloped into community parklands and sporting grounds. This is a huge win for the local community who have been crying out for more green space, and for greyhounds who suffer needlessly on this track. 

Kobi Shetty MP for Balmain says:

“The decision to return Wentworth Park to our community is incredibly welcome and long overdue. 

“We’ve had thousands of people engaged with this campaign over many years. Just this weekend we had a huge community picnic to reclaim Wentworth Park. People gathered to show the NSW Government how this space should be used. And I know they’ll all be so happy to hear that the government has listened to their calls.  

“Pyrmont and Ultimo are already two of the most densely populated suburbs in Australia. If the state government is looking to squeeze in even more apartments, having full access to Wentworth Park is so important to ensure our growing community has ample quality green space and sufficient facilities to cope.”     

Abigail Boyd, Greens MP and Spokesperson for Animal welfare says: 

"We welcome this long overdue announcement, that kicks greyhound racing out of the heart of Sydney. Closing the deadliest greyhound racing track in NSW and returning this land to public use is a huge win for the community and everyone opposed to the cruelty of greyhound racing in NSW.

“For too long, the Wentworth Park greyhound racing track has stood as a colosseum of cruelty in the heart of Sydney, a painful symbol of cruelty and social harm. Greyhound racing has no future in NSW. First out of Sydney, and next, the state.

“It’s time for the Minns Labor government to stop pumping public money into this morally bankrupt industry and shut it down for good. The Greens are ready to work with the government to phase out this untenable industry with a transition program that will reskill industry workers, resource impacted communities, repurpose racetracks to community-owned spaces, and safely rehome all greyhounds. 

“If the Minns Government continues to ignore the total lack of social license for this untenable industry, and refuses to shut it down, at a minimum they must immediately implement all of the Drake Inquiry recommendations in full.”