Thursday, March 1, 2012

NT: Aboriginal MP stung by weight criticisms


AAP General News (Australia)
02-28-2001
NT: Aboriginal MP stung by weight criticisms

An overweight Aboriginal MP says he has been stung by a parliamentary attack from the
Northern Territory government frontbench about his size.

Health Minister STEVE DUNHAM told Labor MP JOHN AH KIT in the NT Legislative Assembly
yesterday that he could become a role model for Aborigines if he took better care of himself.

Fighting off a censure motion over a lack of renal dialysis in the Barkly region, Mr
DUNHAM described Mr AH KIT'S condition as a precursor to a variety of health problems.

Mr AH KIT says it is typical of the minister to become …

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