Stuart Robert Fadden, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer
3:10 pm
I wish to make a personal explanation.
Stuart Robert Fadden, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer
Most egregiously, Mr Speaker, most egregiously.
Stuart Robert Fadden, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer
With respect to the article in the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald about when I was on the backbench six years ago, I reject outright the accusations and the innuendo, as I do those that the member from Maribyrnong raised today. With respect to when I was a minister years later, all ministers know the process for procurement, all understand how procurement is run by the public service and how procurement is run. Having said that, the member for Maribyrnong and I are on Q+A tonight, which may well have informed his motivations, and I look forward to taking the stage with him.
Milton Dick Speaker
You may resume your seat.
Honourable members interjecting—
Order! I appreciate members are entitled under the standing orders to claim where they are misrepresented. For the benefit of all members, when we come back next week I will explain very clearly on Monday the precise way of doing that, because there are too many examples where people are taking advantage of that standing order. I remind all members when it comes to misrepresentation to follow practice. The member for Petrie?
Luke Howarth Petrie, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence Industry
I would like clarification from you, as Speaker, in relation to standing order 90—
Milton Dick Speaker
Order! The member will resume his seat. Is the member asking me a question? The time to do that is immediately post question time, and that is for questions of administration, not standing orders. If you have a question regarding standing orders, I'm happy for you to write to me, and I will respond to the member directly.