House debates Personal Explanations

Wednesday, 15 February 2006 House of Representatives

Joel Fitzgibbon

Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Revenue

4:01 pm

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

David Hawker

David Hawker Speaker

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Joel Fitzgibbon

Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Revenue

Yes.

Joel Fitzgibbon

Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Revenue

During question time the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources said that on a local radio program I said that Kyoto was dead in the water. As usual he was half right. What I said was that Kyoto is effectively dead in the water because the US and Australian governments refuse to sign the instrument.