House debates Personal Explanations

Tuesday, 23 August 2011 House of Representatives

Steve Irons

Steve Irons Swan, Liberal Party

3:42 pm

I wish to make a personal explanation.

Harry Jenkins

Harry Jenkins Speaker

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Steve Irons

Steve Irons Swan, Liberal Party

Definitely.

Steve Irons

Steve Irons Swan, Liberal Party

In the electronic version of the Australian today, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy, wrote that, last week, it was Teresa Gambaro in Brisbane and, this week, Rowan Ramsey in WA and Steve Irons in South Australia asking why towns in their electorates are receiving state-of-the-art, next-generation satellite broadband services rather than fibre optic cable to their home or are not getting fibre rolled out quickly enough. Firstly, I am from Western Australia, not South Australia. Secondly, the minister should not mistake scrutiny of government election promises as a wastage of taxpayers' money or a support of government waste. Thirdly, the question I asked was on behalf of a constituent and was to expose another Labor election lie.