"Bus trip to Sydney for hospital very successful," says Dr McGirr

The independent candidate for the state seat of Wagga Wagga, Dr Joe McGirr, today described as "very successful" the bus trip to Sydney organised by Matthew Hogg.
The bus left in the early hours of the morning to take the petition for a new WW Base Hospital to the Premier and the leader of the Opposition. More than 16,000 signatures were collected in just two weeks.
"We were the spearhead for those 16,000 people - in fact for the more than 200,000 who rely on the archaic Wagga Wagga Base Hospital," Dr McGirr said.
"It was important to show that we can and we will act to get a new hospital."
"It has been very easy to talk. It is not so easy to act - but today we did. We rallied on the steps of parliament house, we took the petition to the Premiers office and we presented it to the Opposition Leader."
There was some difficulty getting in to the Premier's office but skilled negotiation by Dr McGirr made sure that the petition was delivered to the Premier's personal private secretary.
Daryl Maguire finally contacted the rally group at 2.30pm - only three days after Matt Hogg contacted him to see if he would assist with the presentation of the petition. It meant that the rally group did not leave Sydney till 4pm, although they did receive a cup of coffee and biscuit at Parliament house. Mr Maguire thanked the group and acknowledged the work of those who had collected the signatures, singling out Dr McGirr.