Dr STONE (3:48 PM) —Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

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

Dr STONE —Yes, most grievously.

The SPEAKER —Please proceed.

Dr STONE —During a debate in the Senate yesterday, New South Wales Senator Arbib very selectively edited out words from parts of two of the more than 40 radio interviews I gave in December and January. These were interviews to do with Labor’s changes to border security policy and the new wave of people smugglers. After leaving out my references to Labor’s abolition of temporary protection visas and the contraction of resources, Senator Arbib claimed that I was indicating that there was no difference between the government’s and the coalition’s border protection policies. This was a blatant misrepresentation of the facts and my statements in those interviews.