James McGinty

James Andrew McGinty, AM is a former Western Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1990 to 2009, representing the district of Fremantle. He was Labor Party leader and Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1996.

James's recent articles

The WA election: the most one-sided contest in Australian history?

Next Saturdays State Election in Western Australia will produce an unprecedented result if polling and anecdotal evidence are to be believed.

Australias Health Workforce what needs to be done.

Policy Series. With a federal election due in 13 months and the Coalition Government not travelling well enough to be confident of re-election, what should an incoming Health Minister focus on to ensure we have a highly skilled, professional and sustainable health workforce to care for the nations future health needs? The answer is simple. Its all about nurses. Under current settings, in 10 years we will be experiencing an unprecedented shortage of nurses. A shortfall of 85,000 nurses by 2025 will increase to 123,000 by 2030. This is about 25% of the total nursing workforce and...

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