Keith Pitt (Hinkler, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Do you claim to have been misrepresented?

Keith Pitt (Hinkler, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Most egregiously, Mr Speaker.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

You may proceed.

Keith Pitt (Hinkler, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Today in question time, the Prime Minister claimed that I had said: 'Do I think there are communities out there that want a $10 billion facility and potentially want to get free electricity for everyone who lives in sight of that nuclear reactor?' The Hansard records my contribution to the Defence Legislation Amendment (Naval Nuclear Propulsion) Bill 2023 as follows:

In my view, and this is just my view, it has to go to a community that supports it. Do I think that there are communities out there that want a $10 billion facility and potentially want to get free electricity for everyone who lives in sight of that nuclear reactor and power generation plant and want a high-paying job? Absolutely, I do.