House debates Statements

Personal Explanation

Tuesday, 14 February 2023 House of Representatives

Ms Catherine King

Ms Catherine King Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

3:30 pm

I seek to make a personal explanation.

Milton Dick

Milton Dick Speaker

Do you claim to be misrepresented?

Ms Catherine King

Ms Catherine King Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

I do most grievously.

Ms Catherine King

Ms Catherine King Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

In a similar vein to the member for Watson, both the member for Mallee and the shadow minister for infrastructure put out a press release recently claiming that I had cut $123 billion out of the Western Highway, which also runs through my electorate. It would be gold-paved if we had spent $123 billion. We have done no such thing.