Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
3:54 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, most grievously, by the Treasurer—a repeat offender, I might add.
Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
The Treasurer said, in the course of question time today, that I had not set out any alternative to the spending program contained in the government’s stimulus package. In fact I have done that on many occasions. In particular, I refer to the speech I gave in a second reading debate on 12 February this year. In the course of that speech I observed:
… we regard it as highly unlikely that state governments will be able effectively to spend $14 billion over 2½ years on a program which is largely, but not entirely, made up of … school assembly halls …