Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
3:44 pm
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
Harry Jenkins Speaker
Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?
Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
Yes, grievously.
Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
In the course of question time today, the Minister for Finance and Deregulation asserted—not for the first time—that I had never commented on the issue of excessive executive salaries. In fact, I have spoken about this at great length on a number of occasions. I have four recent examples here and there are many more. Unlike the finance minister, I have taken action to stop executives excessively remunerating themselves. I seek leave to table these transcripts. Will the government consent to that?
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House
Mr Albanese interjecting
Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
Very well. You don’t want to know the facts, do you?
Harry Jenkins Speaker
Order! The Leader of the Opposition is seeking leave to table transcripts. Is leave granted?
Leave not granted.
Sophie Mirabella Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth
3:45 pm
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
Harry Jenkins Speaker
Does the member claim to have been misrepresented?
Sophie Mirabella Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth
Yes.
Sophie Mirabella Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth
During question time, the Deputy Prime Minister referred to my comments this morning when I said she could have spoken to her colleagues 12 months ago. She omitted to include that later on in that interview I made a correction to my colloquial reference of 12 months to 11½ months, that being the exact date the Rudd government was elected and being the amount of time during which she could speak to her state colleagues—the ones who are responsible for regulating childcare centres.