Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter, Australian Labor Party
3:48 pm
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
Peter Slipper Speaker
Does the honourable Chief Government Whip claim to have been misrepresented?
Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter, Australian Labor Party
Yes, unusually, Mr Speaker.
Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter, Australian Labor Party
Throughout the course of this week a number of online publications have run stories—I think this is only online; I have not seen any print versions—suggesting that I plan to co-sponsor a private member's bill promoting civil unions. I will be co-sponsoring no such bill. I never ever had any plans to co-sponsor any such bill.