House debates

Thursday, 22 June 2006

Personal Explanations

3:03 pm

Photo of Nicola RoxonNicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Photo of David HawkerDavid Hawker (Speaker) Share this | | Hansard source

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Photo of Nicola RoxonNicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | | Hansard source

Yes, with tedious repetition, unfortunately, by the Attorney-General.

Photo of David HawkerDavid Hawker (Speaker) Share this | | Hansard source

The honourable member for Gellibrand may proceed.

Photo of Nicola RoxonNicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | | Hansard source

The Attorney-General has indicated twice now in this House that we—I—have referred to family relationship centres as ‘sausage factories’. Labor in fact supports the family relationship centres, as the Attorney knows. I will table the press release that he is using, which is titled ‘Family Relationship Centres are not sausage factories’, and we are urging that the Attorney-General not administer them as if they were.

Leave granted.