Paul Neville (Hinkler, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

In stories emanating from the press today, too numerous to list, it is said in some articles that I was absent from question time. That is not the case. I left the chamber briefly to give an interview on exceptional circumstance drought relief of some concern to my electorate. The second misrepresentation was that I have a life-size bear in my office, which is not the case. I do not have a life-size bear in my office but simply a poster in the window of my office. However, I believe this arose from the wilful exaggeration of the Minister for Health and Ageing yesterday.

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