Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a personal explanation.

Leave granted.

In response to a supplementary question during question time, the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Evans, had some things to say with regard to my question. I considered that I was very careful in the use of my language, and I direct him to Hansard. I did not say that he was condoning child abuse. What I actually said was that the people listening may think that Senator Evans was condoning Senator Crossin’s comments. I was being verballed. The notion that I was referring to child abuse is something I utterly reject, so I direct him to Hansard so he can check the question.