Andrew Leigh (Fraser, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Madam Deputy Speaker Burke, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Andrew Leigh (Fraser, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I do, most grievously.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Please proceed.

Andrew Leigh (Fraser, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In a Liberal Party ad posted online this week I am quoted as saying, 'I think my colleagues, like me, are looking forward to the tax which is coming on 1 July.' This is an incorrect transcript of my statement. In fact I said, 'My colleagues, like me, are looking forward to the tax switch that's coming on 1 July.' The incorrect transcribing in the Liberal Party ad is not an accident. The ad is clearly aimed at deceiving the viewer. The Liberal Party operative who transcribed my words would have heard the next sentence: 'Taxes on big polluters going up; taxes on workers—'

Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise on a point of order. He is clearly now debating the issue, and that is unparliamentary.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Fraser needs to indicate where he has been misrepresented.

Andrew Leigh (Fraser, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The second line is pretty essential to the misrepresentation, being a deliberate deception. We are not only pricing pollution; we are cutting income taxes, and it is about time the Liberal Party focused on—

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Fraser will resume his seat.