Tony Smith Speaker
3:11 pm
If I can just have members' attention for a second, I undertook at the start of the week to endeavour to give an update on the upcoming by-elections. I will do that in a second. I'm just going to allow the Leader of the Opposition to make a personal explanation first.
Bill Shorten Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition
Yes.
Bill Shorten Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition
Yes, the Prime Minister misrepresented my office in an answer he gave.
Bill Shorten Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition
The Prime Minister said my office fabricated a transcript. That is not correct. Furthermore, the Prime Minister and the government should stop smearing the staff in my office. They cannot defend themselves against you. It is beneath you to bully staff members—beneath you.
Honourable members interjecting—