Harry Jenkins Speaker
Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?
Darren Chester Gippsland, National Party
Earlier in his answer the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government implied that I had lobbied ministers for $1 million per day, since being a member. I would like to reassure the people of Gippsland that I have lobbied ministers for much more than that! It would be $10 million a day at least, and I will continue to do so in the future!
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
3:42 pm
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
Harry Jenkins Speaker
Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
The Prime Minister in question time said that I had claimed, falsely, that Santos was not proceeding with an LNG investment. That was not, in fact, the claim I made. The claim I made, as the Prime Minister should have known if he had checked the Hansard, was merely that this decision had been deferred, not necessarily cancelled.