House debates Personal Explanations

Tuesday, 13 May 2008 House of Representatives

Brendan Nelson

Brendan Nelson Bradfield, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition

4:06 pm

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Harry Jenkins

Harry Jenkins Speaker

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Brendan Nelson

Brendan Nelson Bradfield, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition

Yes.

Brendan Nelson

Brendan Nelson Bradfield, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition

The Prime Minister and the Minister for Finance and Deregulation during question time asserted that I have said that there is no inflationary problem. What I have said quite clearly is that there is no inflationary crisis. There is an inflationary challenge to be addressed by Australia but there is no inflationary crisis and the inflationary crisis is something confected by those in government.