In a car crash interview, which aired on A Current Affair last night, Troy Thompson also admitted he had not completed his university degrees, and claimed he couldn’t recall facing criminal charges.
“Well, it’s not a good look, in fact it’s a lot worse than not a good look,” Miles said on Friday.
Thompson made staggering admissions on A Current Affair, saying he was unable to recall facing court and being fined $500 for attempted fraud and forgery uttering in 2008.
“I don’t know anything about it. I’ll be honest,” he told A Current Affair.
The mayor also blamed his failing memory for misleading voters about his record in the army – after claiming before the election he’d “spent five years in the military in Perth”.
Records now allegedly show he completed a two week recruit course, an army reservist cooking course in 1991, and that he was not in the SAS.
What the mayor could recall was the reason for deleting two university degrees from his LinkedIn page – because he never completed them.
Even though he claimed during the election campaign he was a business graduate.
The premier says the mayor should stand down with multiple investigations underway, including by the Crime and Corruption Commission.
“I think it’s in Townsville’s best interests for them to have a mayor who hasn’t lied to them,” Miles said.
However, in a statement issued on Friday, Troy Thompson said he has “no intention to step aside as some of the naysayers would like”.
Townsville Councillors also called on him to resign – ensuring the controversy is far from over.
