Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Warringah from moving the following motion forthwith:“That this House suspend proceedings forthwith so that the Prime Minister can be called and speak (for a period not exceeding 10 minutes, to be followed by the Leader of the Opposition for the same time) to allow the Prime Minister to defend himself against the serious charge of misleading the House. In particular, for the Prime Minister’s claim that the great big new tax on mining has not impacted the financial markets and that his taxpayer funded ad campaign is a counter measure to mining industry misinformation when:

(1)

a secret Cabinet letter from the Treasurer dated almost three weeks ago and released overnight reveals that “the government’s tax reforms…impact on financial markets, particularly the financial returns of mining companies, in a number of ways”; and

(2)

the fact that the Prime Minister’s decision to spend 38 million dollars on a taxpayer funded ad campaign was signed off by his own Strategic Priorities and Budget Committee on 20 April, well before the Henry Review was released and weeks before the mining industry rolled out their first ads.”

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