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Former-WAFL-player-turned-TV-presenter-turned-politician, Basil Zempilas has today once again forgotten his duty to the people of Perth.
This is the second time that Zempilas, who was elected as the Lord Mayor of the Western Australian capital earlier this month, has been caught out forgetting that he is actually not a AFL sideline commentator anymore.
The Lord Mayor says when he woke up this morning, he could not recall the address of Perth’s Council House, where his new office is located.
Instead he just drove aimlessly around the city looking for something to do, because he did remember that his new role as Mayor is a full time job, and not just an that Kerry Stokes gives you after you work for him for a couple decades.
Arriving in Northbridge around lunchtime, Zempilas ended up pulling into the iconic Mustang Bar – where he proceeded to drink twenty pints of heavy beer.
Still completely forgetting that responsibilities that come with being the Lord Mayor of the 4th most populated city in Australia, Basil Zempilas then drove home blind drunk.
This is the second time he has been unable to remember that his in mayor in the three weeks he’s been in office.
On Wednesday Mr Zempilas told listeners of the breakfast show he co-hosts on 6PR it was “wrong” for someone to identify as a gender different to their physical anatomy.
“If you’ve got a penis mate, you’re a bloke,” he said.
“If you’ve got a vagina, you’re a woman. Game over.”
He has since apologised to transgender people for the needlessly divisive comments, saying he “forgot” his new role as an elected representative.
As for the high-range drink driving offences he is currently committing in the centre of Perth, his close friends at Channel 7 say they are expecting an apology for these crimes as well.
As soon as he remembers he’s the Lord Mayor of Perth again.
