Andrew Leigh Fraser, Australian Labor Party
3:45 pm
Madam Deputy Speaker Burke, I wish to make a personal explanation.
Ms Anna Burke Deputy-Speaker
Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?
Andrew Leigh Fraser, Australian Labor Party
In a Liberal Party ad posted online this week I am quoted as saying, 'I think my colleagues, like me, are looking forward to the tax which is coming on 1 July.' This is an incorrect transcript of my statement. In fact I said, 'My colleagues, like me, are looking forward to the tax switch that's coming on 1 July.' The incorrect transcribing in the Liberal Party ad is not an accident. The ad is clearly aimed at deceiving the viewer. The Liberal Party operative who transcribed my words would have heard the next sentence: 'Taxes on big polluters going up; taxes on workers—'
Christopher Pyne Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training
Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise on a point of order. He is clearly now debating the issue, and that is unparliamentary.
Ms Anna Burke Deputy-Speaker
The member for Fraser needs to indicate where he has been misrepresented.
Andrew Leigh Fraser, Australian Labor Party
The second line is pretty essential to the misrepresentation, being a deliberate deception. We are not only pricing pollution; we are cutting income taxes, and it is about time the Liberal Party focused on—
Ms Anna Burke Deputy-Speaker
The member for Fraser will resume his seat.