KEY QUOTES FOLLOWING NSW PREMIER MIKE BAIRD'S BACKFLIP ON GREYHOUNDS BAN.
"I got it wrong. Cabinet got it wrong. The government got it wrong."
- NSW Premier Mike Baird
"We did not give the good people in this industry a chance to respond, a chance to reform ... I am sorry, that is something we should have done."
- Mr Baird
"I did my job according to the information and evidence before us."
- Deputy Premier Troy Grant
"It's a great win for normal people and for the battler."
- Trainer Shayne Stiff
"We are appreciative and thankful that this decision has been made. This has been a very difficult time for so many people whose lives were overturned by this ban."
- NSW Greyhound Breeders, Owners and Trainers' Association executive officer Brenton Scott
"We're gutted. We're absolutely gutted today."
"After 140 years of enforcing the prevention of cruelty to animals act, I think we're entitled to be cynical about the ability of this industry to reform."
- RSPCA NSW CEO Steven Coleman
"It's not good enough to only go halfway. The government really needs to demonstrate its commitment to fixing the problems highlighted by Justice McHugh."
- Australian Veterinary Association
"He's the lay preacher who told us that greyhound racing was a morally evil activity that he'd run out. And today, the mother of all backflips."
- NSW Labor Leader Luke Foley on Mr Baird.
"Well, who's the man of principle today? What happened to Mr Baird's principles? I've sent out a search party for them."
- Mr Foley
"We have seen a gutless premier sign the death warrant on thousands of greyhounds today."
- Upper house NSW Greens MP Mehreen Faruqi
