Paul Neville (Hinkler, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

of having misrepresented the comments from AllSafe’s Bundaberg franchisee. I was accused of making incorrect statements, point-scoring and having hurt the stimulus factor of the package. Nowhere did the minister or his correspondent—that is, the correspondent that was being quoted—detail where I was incorrect or how I had misled. In fact, the content of the 14 items given freely in writing to me and tabled openly in this House was not disputed. They dealt with, amongst other things, the nonprovision of quotes prior to fitting, forged signatures, overstating metreage and so on. I am just illustrating what was in them. I will not delay the House with a point-by-point analysis of the accusations—

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