Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Damage to our reputation is actually more about how misleading the government has been on this. As I said, the figures are out by 3,300 per cent. This is a significant error. Minister, on behalf of the government and the Minister for Trade will you please take this opportunity to correct the record? Can you explain if you were deliberately misleading the Senate and the Australian people or if this was just an embarrassing mistake or an oversight?