Mr LINDSAY(6.05 p.m.) —I wish to make a statement to correct a misrepresentation.

Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Mossfield) —Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Mr LINDSAY —Yes, Mr Deputy Speaker.

Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER —Please proceed.

Mr LINDSAY —By press release issued today, 18 September, the Hon. Stephen Martin, MP, has made a statement in which there are a number of sentences which misrepresent my position. In the first paragraph Mr Martin says that I `voted against a resolution in the Federal Parliament which called for the Government to overturn its decision . . . ' That was not a resolution at all; it was a procedural motion to suspend standing orders.

It goes on to say that I `voted against debating the resolution'. That is not so. I voted not to suspend the standing orders of the parliament. Paragraph 3 states that I claimed that a tax will result in unemployment. I have never claimed that, and I have been misrepresented. It further claimed that I said that this matter is `anti-Queensland'. I have never said that, and I have been misrepresented. The fourth paragraph says:

Yet, at the first opportunity to send a message to their Government . . .

The first opportunity for me to send a message to the government was quite some weeks ago now, and I have done that. So that misrepresents my position.

In the fifth paragraph he talks about a gang of five. I am not a member of a gang of five, never have been and do not intend to be. That misrepresents my position. The fifth paragraph also states:

It would appear that none of the members is prepared to put into action in the national Parliament what they claim they would do in their local constituencies.

That is absolutely untrue, Mr Deputy Speaker, and certainly misrepresents my position. Thank you for your indulgence.