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

Several times the Prime Minister in question time today claimed that I had not read the BHP statement issued yesterday. This is false. I read it at about 3.45 yesterday afternoon. My 'no' in an interview last night was a denial of assertions that the interviewer was making about the statements of Marius Kloppers. I made this position absolutely crystal clear on three occasions this morning, and the Prime Minister and minister should not assert to be true what they know is false.

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