House debates

Monday, 19 October 2020

Personal Explanations

3:12 pm

Photo of Anthony AlbaneseAnthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | | Hansard source

I wish to make a personal explanation.

Photo of Tony SmithTony Smith (Speaker) Share this | | Hansard source

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Photo of Anthony AlbaneseAnthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | | Hansard source

I do, Mr Speaker.

Photo of Tony SmithTony Smith (Speaker) Share this | | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition may proceed.

Photo of Anthony AlbaneseAnthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | | Hansard source

During Question Time the Minister for the Environment made a number of comments about my speech in budget reply, where I announced Labor's working families childcare boost. The minister characterised that policy wrongly on each occasion, and, in addition, said at one stage that we didn't have a policy. Our policy is very clear: it's to remove the cap, increase the subsidy to 90 per cent, and it tapers off to $530,000.