Craig Emerson (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Finance Minister on Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, on indulgence: during question time I said in part, ‘So the deal was, “I’ll pretend I’m sober but I’ll get drunk on four occasions, or at least have a few drinks.”‘ At no time did I mean to imply that the member for Moncrieff had got drunk or does get drunk. I sought to correct that statement by adding ‘or at least have a few drinks’, but I apologise for the remarks and I withdraw them. They were made in a good-natured way but it is possible that sitting on the record they may not look very good for me, for the member for Moncrieff or for the parliament, so I withdraw them unreservedly.

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