Julia Gillard Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition
3:19 pm
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
David Hawker Speaker
Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?
Julia Gillard Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Yes.
Julia Gillard Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Thank you very much. In question time today the Minister for Health and Ageing asserted that I was not concerned about cancer services in Lismore. This is entirely untrue. On behalf of federal Labor I announced support for funding for the new cancer facility in Lismore before the Howard government did. Fortunately the Howard government followed Labor’s lead.