House debates

Wednesday, 7 February 2007

Personal Explanations

4:23 pm

Photo of Malcolm TurnbullMalcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Throsby earlier said that I had sought to impose a new definition of ‘sceptic’. The definition I gave of ‘sceptic’ yesterday was quoted from the Oxford English Dictionarythat is:

... a person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions.

The Macquarie Dictionary definition is similar. It is:

... someone who questions the validity or authenticity of something purporting to be knowledge.

The only people seeking to create a new definition of a sceptic are the opposition.

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