Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer) 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?

Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I do.

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

Please proceed.

Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

During question time today, the Minister for Social Services said:

I note that the member for McMahon has equated the tax concessions for compulsory superannuation contributions with a pension or welfare payment.

This is incorrect. In fact, I have repeatedly stated that the government's own budget papers outline that the cost to superannuation tax concessions will surpass the cost to the age pension in the next four years.

Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General) 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?

Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I do.

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

Please proceed.

Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Last Thursday, the member for Curtin made a number of false claims during question time about my contributions to national security while in office. In fact, during the previous Labor government, ASIO's funding was increased by 27 per cent, and at no time, when Labor was in office, were there urgent requests for data retention laws from our agencies.