Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise on a very important issue—that of the desperate actions of the member for Corangamite in fabricating quotes. I am used to being taken out of context, but I never expected to see the desperation of the member for Corangamite, Mr Cheeseman, whom even his colleagues mock about his ability to hold onto his seat. The member for Corangamite has peddled misinformation through the distribution of a brochure where he lies—I withdraw that—

Ms Anna Burke (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Indi has deliberately done that and she knows that she cannot use that word.

Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

where he utterly misrepresents a quote from Mr Abbott and he is absolutely wrong. We have always supported funding through the ATS of a billion dollars up to 2015 and still another billion post that. The member for Corangamite needs to apologise to the people of Corangamite for misleading them, probably with taxpayer funded information, and apologise for Labor's $1.4 billion of broken promises to the car industry and for the carbon tax. There is one thing that the member for Corangamite can be heard on and that it is that he does not trust this Prime Minister. No wonder we have lost one job every 23 minutes under her regime and it is time that he stand up and apologise. (Time expired)