House debates

Thursday, 25 November 2021

Statements

Personal Explanation

9:53 am

Photo of George ChristensenGeorge Christensen (Dawson, National Party) Share this | | Hansard source

CHRISTENSEN () (): I wish to make a personal explanation.

Photo of Andrew WallaceAndrew Wallace (Fisher, Liberal Party) Share this | | Hansard source

I will hear from the member for Dawson.

Photo of George ChristensenGeorge Christensen (Dawson, National Party) Share this | | Hansard source

Thank you very much for that. This is just to refer to reports and claims that I directly compared state premiers to Stalin, Hitler and Pol Pot. I wish to inform the House I did not. I said the path they were on was troubling. If there is concern over any misrepresentation that I did say that, then that's regrettable. Further, there have been false claims in the Senate, on the social media and elsewhere that I called for and/or incited violence. I did no such thing. I never did and never would. I abhor violence.