Andrew Laming (Bowman, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a brief personal explanation.

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Does the member claim to have been misrepresented?

Andrew Laming (Bowman, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I have been.

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member may proceed.

Andrew Laming (Bowman, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In the last hour a number of matters have been raised by those in the chamber making reflections on my character and conduct. They misrepresented me a number of times, and I'll list them very briefly.

Legitimate political questions that I've asked online of Labor state MPs have been characterised in here as 'stalking'. That is a misrepresentation. A photograph taken of my own wife playing with our family has been misrepresented as 'stalking' while 'hiding in the bushes' in a park where there are no bushes. An utterly, entirely appropriate and innocent workplace photograph, with no offence whatsoever found after a police investigation, has been misrepresented in this place as 'lewd'. The work that I've done on Facebook in responding to comments of others has been misrepresented. It has been characterised as 'harassment'. To refer to me and misrepresent me as a 'taxpayer funded troll' for my online work, with all posts remaining online, visible and public, is a misrepresentation and reflection on my character, and something that I wish to point out very clearly to this House is an unacceptable way to deal with accusations that are not subject to a single substantiated complaint.