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Thursday, 19 October 2006
Page: 98


Mr GAVAN O’CONNOR (4:20 PM) —Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.


The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Hon. IR Causley)—Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?


Mr GAVAN O’CONNOR —Yes.


The DEPUTY SPEAKER —Please proceed.


Mr GAVAN O’CONNOR —Yesterday the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry issued a press release accusing me of misleading Australian farmers by providing inaccurate information in a press release on drought declaration rollovers. The information in that press release came directly from the answer to a question on notice provided by the minister’s department to a Senate committee, and if anyone is misleading farmers it is the minister. I seek leave to table the answer to the question on notice which details the end dates of EC declarations for drought declared areas in Australia.

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