Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yes, grievously.

Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Please proceed.

Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In the course of question time today, the Minister for Finance and Deregulation asserted—not for the first time—that I had never commented on the issue of excessive executive salaries. In fact, I have spoken about this at great length on a number of occasions. I have four recent examples here and there are many more. Unlike the finance minister, I have taken action to stop executives excessively remunerating themselves. I seek leave to table these transcripts. Will the government consent to that?

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Albanese interjecting

Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Very well. You don’t want to know the facts, do you?

Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The Leader of the Opposition is seeking leave to table transcripts. Is leave granted?

Leave not granted.

Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Does the member claim to have been misrepresented?

Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yes.

Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Please proceed.

Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

During question time, the Deputy Prime Minister referred to my comments this morning when I said she could have spoken to her colleagues 12 months ago. She omitted to include that later on in that interview I made a correction to my colloquial reference of 12 months to 11½ months, that being the exact date the Rudd government was elected and being the amount of time during which she could speak to her state colleagues—the ones who are responsible for regulating childcare centres.