Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I do.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Please proceed.

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In question time today the Leader of the House referred to an email from Nolan's Transport. There was in fact a dodgy email circulating about Nolan's Transport. It did not come from me and the minister should not suggest that it did. As it happens, Nolan's Transport hates the carbon tax, which will cost them $300,000—

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition will resume his seat! He needs to indicate where he has been misrepresented. The Leader of the Opposition has the call.

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Leader of the House further suggested in question time today that I had been banned from Norsk Hydro on the weekend. This is also false and they have made it clear to me that I am welcome to visit at any time.

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I said neither thing.

Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I do.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Please proceed.

Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In question time today the Prime Minister in an answer to a question from me said that I had misquoted the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship and she said that I had misled the House as a result. I quote from page 27 of Hansard where the minister for immigration said on 29 May:

The application from Roy Hill came in—

Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Stop being a bully, Albo!

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The member for Dickson! The Leader of the House has the call.

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I ask that that be withdrawn.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

To progress matters I am going to ask the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to indicate where she has been misrepresented.

Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Prime Minister said today that I had misquoted and thereby had misled the parliament, and I take that very seriously. There are two statements by the minister that I wish to read.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Deputy Leader of the Opposition cannot debate the issue she can merely indicate where she has been misrepresented.

Honourable members interjecting—

Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Madam Deputy Speaker, I am showing where I was misrepresented. On page 27 it says:

The application from Roy Hill came in, as I recall it, in the few months after that. It was, perhaps, in early 2012 or late 2011. I updated—

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Deputy Leader of the Opposition will resume her seat. The Leader of the House is seeking the call.

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will wait for the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to sit down. I have got the call, so you have to sit down.

Honourable members interjecting—

No, you just have to sit down.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Leader of the House will resume his seat. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition will come quickly to where she has been misrepresented.

Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

She has got the call!

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Dickson is not assisting in any way, shape, size or form. The Leader of the House on a point of order.

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The fact of the matter is that it cannot possibly be in order on a personal explanation to read Hansard. We all get Hansard. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition does not have to engage in this.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Leader of the House will resume his seat. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition will come quickly to where she has been misrepresented and it might be difficult to prove when she is quoting from someone else's Hansard.

Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I have been accused of misquoting and misleading, and that is a very serious allegation for the Prime Minister to make. I am proving this by reading that I did not misquote; in fact, I accurately quoted the minister because on two occasions—on pages 27 and 29 of the Hansardhe said he had updated the productivity committee of the cabinet informally in relation to this enterprise migration agreement. The Prime Minister has misled the House.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The member for Higgins has the call.

Kelly O'Dwyer (Higgins, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a personal explanation.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Does the member for Higgins claim to have been misrepresented?

Kelly O'Dwyer (Higgins, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I do.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Higgins has the call.

Kelly O'Dwyer (Higgins, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Small Business, the member for Gorton, came into question time today and he claimed that I had misled the public and therefore the House over a photo that I posted on Twitter. The tweet said, 'A picture tells a thousand words'. The photo was of a small business person who was standing outside his shop. On his shop he had painted the sign 'Thanks Julia, closing down'. Unlike the Minister for Small Business, I am not afraid to meet with small businessmen and women.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Higgins needs to demonstrate where she has been misrepresented. This is not an opportunity for debate or we will diminish the ability for people to make personal explanations. The member for Higgins has the call.

Kelly O'Dwyer (Higgins, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Honourable members interjecting—

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The member for Higgins has the call. The Leader of the House will resume his seat. The member for Higgins needs to show where she has been misrepresented and not to debate or I will take action.

Kelly O'Dwyer (Higgins, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It goes to the point of the photo that has been raised in this place by the minister in question time: specifically I asked the small business owner why he had painted the sign on his store. He said the sign had been painted because of government policies to do with changes to Fair Work, to do with changes to the carbon—

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Higgins will resume her seat. She is now debating the point. The discussion is now concluded.