Peter Slipper Fisher, Independent
3:30 pm
Mr Deputy Speaker, I have resumed my seat, as you have asked. I have now stood to my feet and I am seeking leave to make a personal explanation in accordance with the standing orders.
Leave granted.
Mr Deputy Speaker, the member for North Sydney asked me to withdraw. What I did was simply to relate a conversation that I had had with Mr Palmer. Mr Palmer knocked Mr Brough back as far as the funding request for James Ashby—
Peter Slipper Fisher, Independent
and Mr Palmer in fact said he had a high regard for me.
Peter Slipper Fisher, Independent
So there is nothing to withdraw because I was simply repeating a conversation.