The tune of McGinty's spin changes The Desert Rat heard the predictable spin and claptrap from failed Attorney General "Truth(less) in Sentencing" Jim McGinty on ABC Radio this morning. His comments reflect his pathological hatred of Brian Burke, who has been his nemesis in the Australian Labor Party for over 30 years.
The State doesn't have to pay McGinty's legal fees now that he is no longer the Attorney General, so McGinty is much more circumspect in his comments about Burke - not mentioning the word "corruption" and Brian Burke or Julian Grill in the same paragraph or sentence. This morning on ABC Radio he said the Corruption and Crime Commission had tackled the "corrosive effect" of lobbyists. Of course Burke and Grill have been singled out by his dutiful minions.
What McGinty didn't say was that Burke and Grill, his main protagonists in the ALP, were the only lobbyist scrutinised in public hearing by the CCC. His mates from his Left Faction who formed the bulk of Labor lobbyists, have been extremely busy lobbying all and sundry, seem to have miraculously avoided scrutiny.
Lobbyists who are or have been members of McGinty's Left Faction such as Clive Brown, John Halden, Megan Anwyl, Karen Brown and Roger Cook seem to have a free reign despite one of them admitting they receive regular leaks from cabinet.
McGinty repeated the spin about what a wonderful job the CCC was doing; claimed corruption by public officers was its main function, yet the legislation gives equal weight to tackling organised crime. He lauded the CCC review by Gail Archer but failed to mention that the reviewer had been given far more work than any other lawyer by McGinty.
The spin and vindictive comments the Desert Rat hears from McGinty are an embarrassment to the ALP and the Parliament.
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