Phillip Thompson (Herbert, Liberal National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Defence) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Does the member claim to have been misrepresented, or are you seeking to correct the record?

Phillip Thompson (Herbert, Liberal National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Defence) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

To correct the record. I have not been misrepresented; I seek to correct the record. During the MPI yesterday, I quoted an article from a think tank which cited statistics from Save the Children regarding the number of children living in Syrian camps. While the figure of 7,300 children was correctly quoted, I have since been informed that Save the Children's position is not that these children are 'under the guardianship of their ISIS affiliated mothers who are diligently indoctrinating them with ISIS ideology and instilling in them the desire to avenge their fathers who were killed or taken prisoner in battles', as was indicated in the think tank article. This is a matter between the think tank and Save the Children. For transparency, I'm pre-empting the outcome, and I'd like to correct the record.