House debates
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
Personal Explanations
3:47 pm
Judi Moylan (Pearce, 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?
Judi Moylan (Pearce, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I believe I have been personally misrepresented and defamed. An article on page 4 of the Australian newspaper today, written by Samantha Maiden and Caroline Overington, in regard to the government’s announcement yesterday on wheat marketing, reported:
Mr Tuckey accused his West Australian Liberal colleague Judi Moylan of attempting to protect AWB.
The article then quoted the member for O’Connor directly as saying:
It’s outrageous. She’s up to her eyeballs in protecting AWB Limited, the corrupt company.
Mr Speaker, I absolutely reject any allegations that I have supported corruption by AWB or, indeed, any other organisation or individual.
3:48 pm
Wilson Tuckey (O'Connor, 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?
Wilson Tuckey (O'Connor, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I claim to be misrepresented by the claims made in those remarks. They are inaccurate. I refer the House to the balance of that article where the member for Pearce is quoted as saying that she welcomed the ‘status quo’ and defended a group of remaining employees of AWB, none of whom blew the whistle on their executives prior to the—
David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
The member is debating the point. He will resume his seat.