House debates Personal Explanations

Tuesday, 25 November 2008 House of Representatives

Tanya Plibersek

Tanya Plibersek Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Housing

3:24 pm

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Harry Jenkins

Harry Jenkins Speaker

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Tanya Plibersek

Tanya Plibersek Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Housing

I do.

Tanya Plibersek

Tanya Plibersek Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Housing

In today’s Daily Telegraph there is a story entitled ‘No leave for mums. Second Labor minister says national can’t afford it.’ I said no such thing.