Bob Baldwin Paterson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Tourism
11:29 am
Mr Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
Bruce Scott Maranoa, National Party
Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?
Bob Baldwin Paterson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Tourism
The previous speaker said I had misled the House on tourism funding when I said the tourism budget had been cut. I seek leave to table a report from the Parliamentary Library showing the budget expenditure representing the diminishing value of the dollars provided by the government to the tourism industry.
Leave not granted.
Mr Deputy Speaker, on a point of order: to further clarify my misrepresentation I would state that—
Ms Anna Burke Deputy-Speaker
No, you cannot clarify. You have made your point.
Bob Baldwin Paterson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Tourism
Then I need to point out where I was actually misrepresented.
Ms Anna Burke Deputy-Speaker
You have already done that. You wanted to table a document. You sought leave and it was not granted.
Order! The time allotted for this debate has expired. The debate is adjourned and the resumption of the debate will be made an order of the day for the next sitting.