Mr FITZGIBBON (11:33 AM) —I will be brief. Earlier in the debate I made reference to members of the government backbench who were in here criticising me for expressing views about the regulatory regime that deals with offshore leases and to the fact that those people had been party to a unanimous report by a parliamentary committee. When naming those members, I suggested that the member for Fairfax was a member of that committee. Indeed he was, but only until 25 June 2002, prior to the inquiry held by the committee. I apologise for putting him in the same bucket as those hypocrites who were in here earlier saying one thing but who said another thing on the committee.

Question agreed to.