Wilson Tuckey (O'Connor, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

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

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Wilson Tuckey (O'Connor, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yes.

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

Please proceed.

Wilson Tuckey (O'Connor, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

During question time the Leader of the Opposition misrepresented me with a selective extract from a short comment attributed to me by the AAP at the doorstop this morning. The complete short quote is:

“It’s his house and we say it’s his house because we insist that the prime minister of the day lives either there or in the Lodge,” Mr Tuckey told reporters.

Clearly the reference to ‘we’ is the Australian people and not any other party.

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

Order! The member will not debate his explanation.