House debates Statements

Personal Explanations

Thursday, 24 July 2025 House of Representatives

Barnaby Joyce

Barnaby Joyce New England, National Party

3:32 pm

Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Milton Dick

Milton Dick Speaker

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Barnaby Joyce

Barnaby Joyce New England, National Party

Most grievously.

Barnaby Joyce

Barnaby Joyce New England, National Party

During the very excited part of the answer from the member for McMahon, he managed to find the wrong bill. The actual bill that he needs is this one I am holding, not the one he's got. He's actually got a draft in his MI5 investigation. There is no carbon credits act 2011 repeal. There is no renewables acts 2000 repeal.

Chris Bowen

Chris Bowen McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy

Oh, you're changing it?

Barnaby Joyce

Barnaby Joyce New England, National Party

No, you've just got the wrong one, clown.

Barnaby Joyce

Barnaby Joyce New England, National Party

So I move to table the actual bill—or, alternatively, I can take him by the hand down to the tabling office and he can ask for one which is actually sitting down there for him to read.

Milton Dick

Milton Dick Speaker

The member can resume his seat. You do not need to use descriptors on any member of parliament in that way, and I made that clear; personal insults like that—you know, you are given the courtesy to explain where you work misrepresented. We're not having people saying those insults to one another, so I'm going to ask you to withdraw that statement.

Barnaby Joyce

Barnaby Joyce New England, National Party

I withdraw.