- Pat Purcell
Patrick Douglas Purcell is an Australian politician, currently representing the
electoral district of Bulimba for theAustralian Labor Party in theParliament of Queensland .Prior to election to parliament he was the secretary of the Australian Building Construction Employees' and Builders Labourers' Federation (Queensland Branch).
Purcell was appointed Minister for Emergency Services on
28 July 2005 , and was previously the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Public Works, Housing and Racing. [ [http://www.teambeattie.com/01_cms/details.asp?ID=142 Team Beattie: Pat Purcell] ,Government of Queensland .]Purcell announced he would resign from the Ministry on
4 July 2007 , although he will continue as the Member for Bulimba. [ [http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/04/1970025.htm Purcell quits Qld Ministry] ,Australian Broadcasting Corporation ,4 July 2007 .] This came after he finally admitted to having assaulted two public servants in his office after previously claiming he merely gave them a "verbal bollocking... [he wouldn't] go around belting people. I would be more inclined to give someone a hug than anything else." [ [http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23274783-3102,00.html Bligh admits Purcell lied] ]References
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