Craig Emerson (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Competitiveness) Share this | Hansard source

I wish to raise a matter of privilege. In a personal explanation yesterday the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said:

The claim that I said the coalition had an agreement with Indonesia is not true. At no time did I say in an interview with The Guardian online or in any other interview that the coalition had either negotiated or reached an agreement with Indonesia.

This statement was made in response to an article published by TheGuardian Australia under the headline 'Indonesia have agreed to co-operate in turning back boats, insists Coalition'. The assertions made by the deputy leader in her personal explanation contrasts with remarks attributed to her by TheGuardian late yesterday. According to a published transcript of the deputy leader's interview with TheGuardian

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