Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

Of course the Prime Minister did not mislead the parliament. If there is one exemplar of misleading the parliament it is Senator Kim Carr himself. I suggest that that is not a strong suit for Senator Carr to seek to bring to the parliament. What the Prime Minister said is that the figure is on average. As we know, on average means that some will be lower and some will be higher. That is what 'average' means. Every single Australian knows that. But, of course, what Senator Carr seeks to do, very mischievously, is to extrapolate that to every single example and that is not able to be done if you are honest.