Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
3:11 pm
I wish to make a personal explanation.
Ms Anna Burke Speaker
Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
I wish to raise two particular misrepresentations today. The first by the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport who claimed that I said, 'If we are elected we will form an organisation called Infrastructure Australia.' I never said that. The newspaper in question corrected the quotation in subsequent editions. A further misrepresentation was in a dodger distributed in his electorate. The member for Corio—
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House
Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I ask the Leader of the Opposition to table the correction so at least we can see it.
Ms Anna Burke Speaker
The Leader of the House will resume his seat. The Leader of the Opposition has the call.
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
In a dodger distributed in his electorate, the member for Corio claimed, 'Tony Abbott gave up and said, "Geelong may no longer be in the years ahead a motor manufacturing city." I added, 'But it can be a city of learning, a city of administration, a city of culture, and I look forward to working with the people of Geelong … to try and bring that about.' (Time expired)
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House
3:13 pm
I table the South Coast Register, 14 June 2013: 'Abbott show rolls into town'.
Ms Anna Burke Speaker
The Leader of the Opposition is seeking to table a document?
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
I seek leave to table the correct in the electronic version of the South Coast Register.
Leave granted.
Ms Anna Burke Speaker
As I do not have the ability to make a personal explanation, putting out flyers in my electorate, if this is going to be how it is played, might need to be considered. If at every question time we are going to be correcting information put out, then perhaps we need to think about what is going around in people's electorates.