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

The member for Wannon is claiming to be misrepresented?

Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yes.

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

You may proceed.

Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In question time today, the Prime Minister stated that the coalition opposed Australia's bid for the United Nations Security Council. He said, 'It should be a source of bipartisan pride when Australians succeed, just like we did for the UN Security Council.' We actually supported—

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

The Leader of House on a point of order?

Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

This standing order is not available when you believe your party has been misrepresented. It has to be the individual, otherwise this standing order is not available.

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

Under the standing orders, it is a personal explanation. We've dealt with this matter before. If it's a collective—the opposition, a government, previous governments—it's hard to take offence on the part of everyone. I'm just trying to work with the member for Wannon here. If the Prime Minister had said, 'The member for Wannon had not supported'—that's the way the standing order is intended. It's not a global collective effort.

Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

How can we get the Prime Minister to correct the record? Is there a means for us to do that?

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

If you feel that there's an error or you're disagreeing with what a minister has said, you may wish at the time to jump and say that that is a mislead or perhaps an inference on a member. But, once again—we had that issue last week as well—it's difficult when it is a collective.

Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I do have a press release saying we support it.

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

I think you've also made your point, so we've had the best of both worlds in that one as well.