Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

David Hawker (Speaker) | Link to this | Hansard source

Does the Leader of the Opposition claim to have been misrepresented?

Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) | Link to this | Hansard source

Twice, Mr Speaker.

David Hawker (Speaker) | Link to this | Hansard source

Please proceed.

Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) | Link to this | Hansard source

I was misrepresented once by the Treasurer and once by the Leader of the House. The Treasurer in an answer to a question suggested that I and the opposition—but I specifically—intended to impose French and German industrial legislation on this country. That is simply a lie. The second misrepresentation came from the Leader of the House, in which he suggested that I was soft on drugs. Mr Speaker, I am not; I am for solutions. It would be as silly for me to say that he was soft on drugs because he supports the free needle program.

David Hawker (Speaker) | Link to this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition will not debate his point.

Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) | Link to this | Hansard source

He distributes free needles, Abbott does.

David Hawker (Speaker) | Link to this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition will resume his seat.

Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) | Link to this | Hansard source

That is to keep people alive. That is our intention too.

David Hawker (Speaker) | Link to this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition has made it clear where he has been misrepresented.