Tony Abbott (Warringah, 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?

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I do.

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

Please proceed.

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yesterday in the parliament the Deputy Prime Minister claimed that I had misrepresented the position of the Australian Nursing Federation. Just for the benefit of the Deputy Prime Minister and to clear this up, let me quote what was said by the New South Wales federation’s acting secretary:

We thought Work Choices was crook but what has replaced it … takes us several steps backwards.

So there we have it—‘worse than Work Choices’. I table this document for the benefit of the Deputy Prime Minister. I also seek leave to table this other document which proves that, yet again, the Prime Minister got it wrong—only this time in the parliament—telling fibs about his Computers in Schools program.

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

Order! The Leader of the Opposition cannot table a document. The first document related to his personal explanation. Is he seeking leave to table it?

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to table both documents.

Leave not granted.