House debates Personal Explanations

Monday, 13 October 2008 House of Representatives

Wilson Tuckey

Wilson Tuckey O'Connor, Liberal Party

3:21 pm

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Harry Jenkins

Harry Jenkins Speaker

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Wilson Tuckey

Wilson Tuckey O'Connor, Liberal Party

Most severely.

Wilson Tuckey

Wilson Tuckey O'Connor, Liberal Party

The Minister for Resources and Energy has just implied that I was opposed to the development of LNG facilities in Australia. My still unanswered question to the Acting Prime Minister at the last sitting raised environmental and Commonwealth revenue implications regarding Inpex’s decision to build an additional undersea 800-kilometre pipeline to Darwin because the defeated WA government refused access to the closest land to the—

Harry Jenkins

Harry Jenkins Speaker

Order! The member for O’Connor will resume his seat. He is commencing to debate the question.

Wilson Tuckey

Wilson Tuckey O'Connor, Liberal Party

I am saying what it was, Mr Speaker.

Harry Jenkins

Harry Jenkins Speaker

Order! I appreciate, Member for O’Connor, that this is the first sitting day of ‘Rocktober’, but we are not going to shake, rattle and roll with you! I am looking for a very tempered month from you and not a rocky relationship—a very big call.