Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

In question time yesterday Senator Cormann asked me a question in relation to carbon pricing. In the course of answers to the first and second supplementary questions I gave two quotes which I asserted were from Senator Cormann. I can say that the second of those quotes was from Senator Cormann. The first of those quotes was in fact from Senator Brandis, so I correct the record.

I would also say, if I may, Mr Deputy President, that I did give notice to Senator Cormann that I would be correcting the record after question time, and it is dis­appointing that he has chosen to accuse me of misleading the Senate now on two occasions in the time space between that private discussion and me doing this. I would have thought there are certain courtesies in this chamber which it would behove the senator perhaps to adhere to.