Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a personal explanation.

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I do, Mr Speaker. Today in question time the Prime Minister said that I had observed that Labor's negative gearing policy will 'ensure that hardworking Australians on average incomes—a nurse, a teacher, a police officer—will not be able to buy an investment property, a residential property, and rent it out, and offset their net rental loss against their income'. That is a complete misrepresentation of what I said. As the Prime Minister knows, Labor's negative gearing policy will continue to allow those people who have access to negative gearing to keep it, and people who want to have access in the future will be required to buy a new property. That is the point that I was making. That will create 25,000 new construction jobs. (Time expired)

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I am going to point something out.

Mr Pyne interjecting—

The Leader of the House will cease interjecting!

Rob Mitchell (McEwen, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Shut up!

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for McEwen will leave immediately under 94(a) or he will be out for 24 hours.

The member for McEwen then left the chamber.

I did not hear the member for Sydney's interjection, but I point out to her that the Prime Minister responded to an interjection. It was not to something that the member for Sydney had said; it was in response to an interjection. That is my memory of it, but I am just going to point out the perils of interjecting, particularly when you have been warned not to interject.