Bob Katter (Kennedy, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I wish to make a personal explanation.

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Bob Katter (Kennedy, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yes.

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member can explain where he has been misrepresented.

Bob Katter (Kennedy, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Agriculture said I was not here when he answered a question the other day about the cattle industry. I was not in this place, listening to him pass gratuitous insults to me; I was out with Chinese representatives building a beef highway into China, which we have successfully built into Indonesia.

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The honourable member will resume his seat. I think he is not giving a personal explanation as to where he has been misrepresented; he is trying to enter into debate—indeed, it is a bit worse because he is trying to tell us why he was better engaged outside this place, when it is his duty to attend here and represent his constituents. So I do not think he should go any further or he might get into more serious trouble.