House debates Personal Explanations

Thursday, 14 September 2017 House of Representatives

Steve Georganas

Steve Georganas Hindmarsh, Australian Labor Party

4:30 pm

Mr Deputy Speaker, I seek to make a personal explanation.

Mark Coulton

Mark Coulton Parkes, National Party

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Steve Georganas

Steve Georganas Hindmarsh, Australian Labor Party

I do.

Mark Coulton

Mark Coulton Parkes, National Party

You may proceed.

Steve Georganas

Steve Georganas Hindmarsh, Australian Labor Party

Today in question time, the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services said that, while I was a director of the board of Statewide Super, the super fund made a payment to the South Australian Labor Party. As the Adelaide Advertiser clearly reported, well before question time—in fact, last night—about that payment in 2015-16:

The super fund said this was not a donation but a refund for super payments inadvertently made to the wrong account by the ALP.

The minister should withdraw.