由Racing NSW任命的管理员Morgan Kelly近日向澳大利亚赛马俱乐部（ATC）的11,000多名会员发布了一份严厉报告，指出该俱乐部在多个关键领域存在重大缺陷。[1]报告列举的问题包括战略规划不足、资本管理措施缺失、内部控制体系不完善以及设施维护不力等。[1]具体而言，报告指出决策过多受短期考虑而非长期目标导向所制约，缺乏有效的资本管理机制，以及内部控制缺失导致的员工盗窃事件。[1]
ATC与Racing NSW之间因管理员任命问题展开了法律纠纷，双方的诉讼持续了六个月，最终由NSW上诉法院上月裁定支持Racing NSW。[1]由EY-Parthenon派出的Kelly于本月早些时候正式上任。[1]在治理结构上，ATC主席Tim Hale等董事被纳入顾问委员会协助管理员开展工作，但Kelly保有最终决策权。[1]
报告提及2024年5月披露的一起员工盗窃案件：一名ATC员工从Royal Randwick赛马场保险箱盗窃了22,000澳元现金。[1]此外，去年ATC会员投票否决了一项以50亿澳元出售Rosehill Gardens赛马场、并用于开发25,000套住房的提案。[1]
Morgan Kelly, an administrator appointed by Racing NSW this month and seconded from EY-Parthenon, has released a critical report to the Australian Turf Club's more than 11,000 members following a regulatory review [1]. The report identifies significant deficiencies across strategic planning, capital management, internal controls, and facility maintenance, citing problems including employee theft and poor commercial returns [1].
The ATC engaged in a six-month legal battle with Racing NSW to prevent the administrator's appointment, which concluded last month when the NSW Court of Appeal ruled in favor of Racing NSW [1]. Kelly's report details how decision-making has been constrained by short-term rather than long-term focus, the absence of capital management measures, and inadequate internal controls that enabled theft—notably a May 2024 incident in which an ATC employee stole A$22,000 in cash from a safe at Royal Randwick racecourse [1]. The report also notes insufficient accountability over expenditures [1].
ATC chairman Tim Hale and other board members have been incorporated into an advisory committee to assist Kelly, though the administrator retains final decision-making authority [1]. The appointment follows members' rejection last year of a A$5 billion proposal to sell Rosehill Gardens racecourse and develop 25,000 residential units on the site [1].