Peter Lindsay (Herbert, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Peter Lindsay (Herbert, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yes.

David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Please proceed.

Peter Lindsay (Herbert, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Following a speech I made in the parliament last week, the Queensland Nurses’ Union issued a media release yesterday claiming:

Lindsay’s attack on Queensland nurses’ pay rise confirms the Howard Government is about cutting pay.

The media release went on to say:

Mr Lindsay has confirmed ... the Howard government and its supporters, such as Mr Lindsay, undervalue nurses.

There was nothing in my speech about cutting nurses’ pay. I am on the public record supporting the work of nurses and their pay rise.