Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Speaker. The Hansard records something quite different in meaning. It records the Deputy Leader of the Opposition as saying:

In my speech I was referring to the United States’ plans, and, in fact, the words I used were a technical explanation of US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s plan, which have been published widely.

The distinction is quite acute between what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said and what the Hansard records the Deputy Leader of the Opposition as saying. Mr Speaker, I would ask that you examine the tape and report back to the House at your convenience and at the earliest possible opportunity on how it is that the Hansard has been changed on a serious issue in which the Deputy Leader of the Opposition was giving a personal explanation about plagiarism.

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