House debates

Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Personal Explanations

3:17 pm

Photo of Andrew LeighAndrew Leigh (Fraser, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

In today's Australian the Treasurer attempted to draft me as a supporter of his $200 billion increase in the debt cap, quoting my words from May 2012. In those statements I was referring to a $50 billion increase, one that had been justified weeks earlier in the 2012 budget. I have been misrepresented, because this increase is four times larger and no justification for it has been provided. The Treasurer cannot conscript me into his service.

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