Mr HUNT (3:39 PM) —Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

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

Mr HUNT —I do.

The SPEAKER —Please proceed.

Mr HUNT —Yesterday in question time the Prime Minister held up a letter from the Emerald Shire Council. I will quote the Hansard. He said it was ‘addressed to you know who: it is the member for Flinders’, so he clearly stated that it was addressed to me. A little investigation has revealed no such letter was addressed to me. The letter he held in his hand, which he had before him at the time, was clearly addressed to the minister for the environment. The statement was false, given that he had the very letter in his hand.

Mr Albanese —You were the parliamentary secretary!

Mr HUNT —No, no. This was the letter from this week which he had in his hands.

The SPEAKER —Order! The member for Flinders has the call. Ignore the interjections, Member for Flinders.

Mr HUNT —He also made a statement that there had been no correspondence in relation to the issue over the last three years. I seek to table a letter from 29 January 2007 precisely in relation to this issue from me to the member for Maranoa, Bruce Scott.

The SPEAKER —Is leave granted? Leave is not granted.