Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
3:45 pm
I wish to make a personal explanation.
Ms Anna Burke Deputy-Speaker
Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
In the debate just concluded the member for New England said that during the negotiations after the election I was prepared to do anything to get to the Lodge. Self-evidently, that is not true. I was not prepared to introduce a carbon tax in breach of my pre-election commitments. There are lots of things that I would never do to get the top job, and one thing I would never do is break a clear pre-election promise.