Mr BEAZLEY (Leader of the Opposition) (2:56 PM) —Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

The SPEAKER —Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Mr BEAZLEY —Yes.

The SPEAKER —Please proceed.

Mr BEAZLEY —During the course of his rambling answer to one of our members on the subject of the Beaudesert railway the Deputy Prime Minister revealed inter alia that I had written to him on the subject of a regional grant in my constituency and suggested that I wanted to walk both sides of the street on this issue. Here is the answer to my letter: the announcement by the Liberal candidate, followed by announcements by the Liberal candidate on every other regional arrangement in Brand. I seek leave to table this as an example of precisely how the government was using these rorts as opportunities to create bogus local reputations for their candidates in the last election.

Leave granted.