Greg Hunt Flinders, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage
3:24 pm
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
Harry Jenkins Speaker
Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?
Greg Hunt Flinders, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage
Yes.
Greg Hunt Flinders, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage
During question time today the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency made the curious claim that I had not responded to the article in today’s papers in relation to the direct action policy. Indeed, I was out on the doors this morning at 8.15 am and I also addressed the issue on Sky television with the Leader of the House. Very briefly I stated:
Overnight, I see they’ve wheeled out the dodgy document again. A year ago we warned about a dodgy document when we launched the direct action policy. Within 24 hours we caught, and I specifically caught, one of Senator Wong’s senior staffers hawking around a two-page dodgy document from officials.
The transcript goes on:
The minister was wrong.
I seek leave to table the transcript.