Tanya Plibersek Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Housing
3:51 pm
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
Harry Jenkins Speaker
Does the minister claim to have been misrepresented?
Tanya Plibersek Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Housing
Yes, Mr Speaker, I do.
Tanya Plibersek Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Housing
Last week, the Australian wrote that I spoke to the Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, lobbying her to cancel her planned overseas travel. That is not the case and, if the journalist, Patricia Karvelas, had bothered to phone me or my office, she might have got her facts right. It always pays for journalists to check their facts.
Harry Jenkins Speaker
I apologise to the member for Gippsland, who is seeking the call. The Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government is seeking to add to an answer given during question time.