Brendan O'Connor (Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Madam Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Brendan O'Connor (Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I do, most grievously, Madam Speaker.

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In that case, indulgence is granted for the purposes of correcting the record.

Brendan O'Connor (Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In Senate estimates today, the Minister for Employment said of my statement about the government's plans to change penalty rates that it was untrue. He compared my conduct to that of Joseph Stalin. I stand by my statement and, for the record, invite the minister to apologise for comparing me with a mass murderer.

The SPEAKER: No. Personal explanations are merely to correct the record.