Peter Dutton Dickson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing
3:16 pm
I wish to make a personal explanation.
Ms Anna Burke Speaker
Does the member for Dickson claim to have been misrepresented?
Peter Dutton Dickson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing
Yes, I do.
Peter Dutton Dickson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing
In an article in the AFR this morning the journalist stated the coalition had announced a policy to privatise Medicare, which is, of course, completely false. Clearly, the reference was to privatise Medibank and, when contacted this morning, the journalist admitted the error and immediately corrected the online version of the story—for which I am grateful.
Andrew Southcott Boothby, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Primary Healthcare
I seek to make a personal explanation.
Ms Anna Burke Speaker
Does the member for Boothby claim to have been misrepresented?
Andrew Southcott Boothby, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Primary Healthcare
Yes, I do.
Andrew Southcott Boothby, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Primary Healthcare
In response to his question, the Assistant Treasurer used a quote of mine from 1998—
Ms Anna Burke Speaker
The member for Boothby will resume his seat. He needs to show where he has been misrepresented. I am finding it hard to see how he would be misrepresented from a quote from Hansard.
Andrew Southcott Boothby, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Primary Healthcare
Speaker, it is very simple. The Assistant Treasurer went from that quote to assert the opposition had in mind—
Andrew Southcott Boothby, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Primary Healthcare
a whole lot of things that—