House debates

Thursday, 24 November 2022

Statements on Indulgence

National Security

3:08 pm

Photo of Phillip ThompsonPhillip Thompson (Herbert, Liberal National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Defence) Share this | | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Photo of Milton DickMilton Dick (Speaker) Share this | | Hansard source

Does the member claim to have been misrepresented, or are you seeking to correct the record?

Photo of Phillip ThompsonPhillip Thompson (Herbert, Liberal National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Defence) Share this | | Hansard source

To correct the record. I have not been misrepresented; I seek to correct the record. During the MPI yesterday, I quoted an article from a think tank which cited statistics from Save the Children regarding the number of children living in Syrian camps. While the figure of 7,300 children was correctly quoted, I have since been informed that Save the Children's position is not that these children are 'under the guardianship of their ISIS affiliated mothers who are diligently indoctrinating them with ISIS ideology and instilling in them the desire to avenge their fathers who were killed or taken prisoner in battles', as was indicated in the think tank article. This is a matter between the think tank and Save the Children. For transparency, I'm pre-empting the outcome, and I'd like to correct the record.