Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Families, Community Services, Indigenous Affairs and the Voluntary Sector
3:15 pm
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
Harry Jenkins Speaker
Does the member claim to have been misrepresented?
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Families, Community Services, Indigenous Affairs and the Voluntary Sector
I do, Mr Speaker.
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Families, Community Services, Indigenous Affairs and the Voluntary Sector
In question time today, the Minister for Housing claimed that I had criticised Labor members for visiting homeless shelters. I did no such thing, and I challenge the minister to produce a transcript to the effect that I did. What I did say was that it was one thing to visit these shelters; it was another thing to actually make a difference to the plight of homeless people. I challenge the government to get on with it.
Harry Jenkins Speaker
Order! The member has explained how he has been misrepresented.
Harry Jenkins Speaker
Does the member claim to have been misrepresented?
Peter Slipper Fisher, Liberal Party
In today’s Courier-Mail at page 10, there is a report on a speech given by the Leader of the Opposition at the National Press Club. In that report, it was written that I, along with a number of others, was present.
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Peter Slipper Fisher, Liberal Party
While no inference should be made over the fact that I was not present, I wanted to correct the record and state that, despite what the Courier-Mail said at page 10, I was not at the National Press Club yesterday.