Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

Certainly, Mr Speaker. Further, to establish the prima facie case, clearly there is no mix-up of figures. The minister stated clearly 'the parliament should be very clear' on what he was saying. The Manager of Opposition Business raised this matter in the House last Thursday and asked the minister to correct the record. The minister refused to do so. I submit that the minister has deliberately set out to mislead this House and the Australian people on what has been portrayed as a cornerstone of this budget, and this matter should be referred to the Privileges Committee. Mr Speaker, I table for your consideration the government's own document, which details the fact that this is back-end loaded and that the minister misrepresented, and I seek also to table a copy of the Hansard which details the minister's quote.

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