haven't study the paper in depth but why aren't all horse coming to oz even temporarily slugged the fee after all most of the temporary imports are likely to remove the most money from the pool for aussie owners.

For mine ALLl imported horse should pay a minimal fee but pay a levy on their earnings to fund the breeders scheme. This way new owners can continue to buy entry level horses at a minimal cost at ANY time rather then have to wait until a yearling sale and then another year or there abouts. Owners buying more expensive therefore expected to win more horse will pay proportionally more if they are successful.

New owners are going to have to come from Gen Y their interest will only be held with immediate gratification. But after they are "hooked" they can be encouraged to buy yearlings from the sales with all the bells and whistles (ie sales race/futurity eligibility) because of their greater earning capacity.

Just a thought, should still make breeders happy and only the successfull owners of imports are charged out of money that they earn, not have to find from somewhere else.