House debates

Monday, 18 November 2024

Statements

Personal Explanations

3:16 pm

Photo of Mr Tony BurkeMr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

In terms of stating a misrepresentation, the first part is to state what the other person has claimed. The only thing he has attributed so far to the member for Warringah is something that the member for Warringah did not say. She simply raised a point of order asking the member to vouch for what he had said. That issue was resolved in a different way under your ruling at the time. The member can't now use a statement of personal explanation to try to revisit where he was not misrepresented in any way. The only way he's been able to concoct the misrepresentation is by misrepresenting exactly what the member for Warringah said!

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