Sharman Stone Murray, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
3:37 pm
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
Harry Jenkins Speaker
Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?
Sharman Stone Murray, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
Most grievously.
Sharman Stone Murray, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
I have to say it is becoming regular, but the Prime Minister today misquoted me in an interview which was on the Jon Faine program on 774 ABC radio in Victoria this morning. He extracted a very small part of a much longer sentence.
Sharman Stone Murray, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
I will now read that—
Harry Jenkins Speaker
Order! Just before the member for Murray continues, she should show where she has been misrepresented.
Sharman Stone Murray, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
Yes. I will now read the full quote. The fact is—
Harry Jenkins Speaker
No. The member must show where in the statement to the House she was misrepresented.
Sharman Stone Murray, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
Okay. I will now indicate that, Mr Speaker. What the Prime Minister did was extract a part which just read: ‘There comes a time when a small place like Christmas Island simply cannot—
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House
Harry Jenkins Speaker
The Leader of the House will resume his seat. I am listening to the member for Murray.
Sharman Stone Murray, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
continue to have thousands upon thousands stacked up.’ I would like to read the preamble, the few sentences before, and the few sentences after which will make that quote quite clear and in fact quite different to what the Prime Minister implied.
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House
Mr Speaker, on a point of order: the member has been going for some time. She must go directly to where she has been misrepresented.
Harry Jenkins Speaker
The Leader of the House will resume his seat. That is what I instructed the member for Murray to do. I was not assisted by the member for Banks. The member for Murray must now go to where she was misrepresented and correct the record, not debate. The member for Murray.
Sharman Stone Murray, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
I said:
But, if you are not in any way breaking down the pull factors, if you have still got this flotilla coming on down daily and big numbers continuing to descend upon you, there comes a time when a small place like Christmas Island simply cannot continue to have thousands upon thousands stacked up—
Harry Jenkins Speaker
Order! The member has now explained, and that is it.
Sharman Stone Murray, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
Well, it goes on to make it clearer. I will refer people to the transcript.
Sharman Stone Murray, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
I seek leave to table the transcript.
Leave not granted.
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Opposition Members:
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Harry Jenkins Speaker
I would just hope that people would leave the chamber and have a look at standing order 65(b) and at some stage apply that standing order. Regrettably, people think that they can, by sitting in the chamber, just speak and prattle on. There is a limit. The Manager for Opposition Business is seeking the call, and I am giving it to him, as a risk taker!