Karen Andrews McPherson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs
3:56 pm
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
Karen Andrews McPherson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs
I do.
Karen Andrews McPherson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs
Yesterday, 8 February, at approximately 4.25 pm, the Minister for Home Affairs deliberately entered the chamber and sought to add to her answer in question time that day regarding when the Prime Minister's office was first informed that the designation of Nauru as a regional processing country had lapsed. With reference to me, the Minister for Home Affairs said:
She—
referring to me—
was personally informed two days ago in a briefing with officials that the first time the Department of Home Affairs notified my office of the issue was late in the evening on 15 December.
That is untrue.