Andrew Robb (Goldstein, Liberal Party, Chairman of the Coalition Policy Development Committee) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

I do, most grievously.

Please proceed.

Mr Speaker, yesterday in this House in response to a question the Minister for Transport made accusations about me which were quite erroneous. The minister said:

… the shadow finance minister when asked how he would fund roads said that he would use Roads to Recovery funding—a big woops moment from the member for Goldstein.

He went on with that sort of drivel. What I actually said in the paper was:

Unlike the Labor Party, we are not in the business of ripping up contracts and let me make it perfectly clear that this project is not under threat, and Mr Fitzgibbon knows this, considering the Howard government spent $110 million on the preliminary stages.

I challenge the minister to show where I have claimed anything about Roads to Recovery.

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

Mr Speaker, that is complete nonsense. He is talking about two separate issues—

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

No, the Leader of the House will resume his seat.