McGinty Misleads the House

McGinty's sham claim exposed - no apology to Jenny Pickworth

The Desert Rat was pleased to see Kim Hames the Shadow Health Minister nail Jim McGinty last week over McGinty's statement in Parliament, that two lucrative contracts awarded by Dr Neil Fong "had been terminated".

McGinty made the claim in a speech in Parliament where he said the "Fong era was over" - a cold act of disloyalty to distance himself from Fong's management of McGinty's dysfunctional Ministry.

One of the two contracts McGinty claimed were terminated was for legal adviser Jenny Pickworth. Jenny Pickworth had in fact resigned from her role on the 14th of February when she advised the Health Department that she was no longer available to do the work.

McGinty had not terminated her contract.

The claim, which the Desert Rat thinks was designed to make McGinty look decisive and tough, came back to bite him on the nether region. McGinty refused to apologise for to Ms Pickworth, whose reputation was damaged by the false claim. When has McGinty ever apologised or accepted responsibility for his own incompetent decisions?

Kim Hames told Parliament that it was another example of McGinty's "smoke, mirrors and spin".

The motion moved in the House by Hames accussed McGinty of "misguided priorities", in focussing on "personal vendettas" and "political spin".

Right-on Kim Hames!