House debates

Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Personal Explanations

3:30 pm

Photo of Sophie MirabellaSophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science) Share this | | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I seek to make a personal explanation.

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

Does the member claim to have been misrepresented?

Photo of Sophie MirabellaSophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science) Share this | | Hansard source

Yes, I do.

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

Please proceed.

Photo of Sophie MirabellaSophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science) Share this | | Hansard source

In today’s edition of the Border Mail there was an article with the headline ‘Sophie survey says no: gay marriage has no support from Indi voters’. This is incorrect. There was no actual survey conducted and I actually told the Border Mail that the majority view of my electorate was, as I had assessed it, to support marriage in its current form, defined as a union between a man and a woman.