Regardless of anything else, outgoing ActewAGL and Actew Water chairman John Mackay is not afraid to have a laugh at himself.
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A video presentation of Mr Mackay at his farewell function on Thursday night included some nuggets of gold.
This included the video out-takes of a musical performance Mackay prepared for a Red Faces kind of competition at one of the end-of-year staff dinners.<
Mackay, solemn-faced in his office, tells the staff it will be a tough year ahead for ActewAGL and he wanted to acknowledge that in song, the camera panning out to reveal him holding a guitar as he launches into (I Never Promises You a) Rose Garden.
‘‘Launches’’ might not be exactly the right word, with Mackay having a little trouble belting out the country tune, the camera operator helpfully reminding him to remember to play the guitar.
There was also some file footage of him testing out a personal hovercraft like the ones that appeared at the 2000 Sydney Olympics opening ceremony. The camera caught a very sudden stop in which Mackay went horizontal over the handle and was probably very glad at the time that he had already fathered three children.
