What a day. Within the space of a few hours this afternoon, Mike Baird announced greyhound racing would be shut down in NSW, and the ACT soon made a similar announcement, putting an end to a decades-long industry.

Here's what you need to know:

Mike Baird has announced greyhound racing, and breeding the dogs for the purpose of racing, will be banned from July 1 next year because of cruelty in the industry

Greyhound tracks will be turned into public land

The ACT made a similar commitment, but is yet to announce a timeline on when this will happen

A report released today by the Special Commission of Inquiry into Greyhound Racing in NSW had recommended the industry be shut down or significantly reformed

At least 48,000 greyhounds were killed in the past 12 years because they did not run fast enough, in part of the industry's "wastage", racing minister Troy Grant said

said Members of the greyhound industry have reacted with shock to the move to shut it down

Greyhound Racing NSW has suspended all races across the state for a week

Animal rights groups have praised the move

Welfare organisations are calling for people to consider adopting the greyhounds formerly used for racing

There's already been plenty of comment around the decision.