House debates

Wednesday, 11 March 2009

Personal Explanations

3:46 pm

Photo of Jamie BriggsJamie Briggs (Mayo, Liberal Party) Share this | | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Photo of Harry JenkinsHarry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | | Hansard source

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Photo of Jamie BriggsJamie Briggs (Mayo, Liberal Party) Share this | | Hansard source

Unfortunately, I do.

Photo of Harry JenkinsHarry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | | Hansard source

Please proceed.

Photo of Jamie BriggsJamie Briggs (Mayo, Liberal Party) Share this | | Hansard source

In an early edition of the Sydney Morning Herald today, it was suggested that I had said yesterday that Labor had a mandate for jobs. I said no such thing. In fact, I said that Labor had a plan to destroy many thousands of jobs. I notethe Sydney Morning Herald corrected this in its second edition.