House debates Personal Explanations

Tuesday, 3 June 2014 House of Representatives

Jenny Macklin

Jenny Macklin Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Families and Payments

4:15 pm

My Deputy Speaker, by leave, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Bruce Scott

Bruce Scott Deputy-Speaker

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Jenny Macklin

Jenny Macklin Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Families and Payments

Yes.

Bruce Scott

Bruce Scott Deputy-Speaker

Please proceed.

Jenny Macklin

Jenny Macklin Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Families and Payments

I have been misrepresented by the Minister for Health in the debate that has just concluded, and also by the member for Barton, who both wrongly said that I advised the Hawke government to introduce a co-payment. As correctly reported in The Australian today, I opposed the co-payment in 1991 and I oppose it today. The Minister for Health and the member for Barton should tell the truth.