Senator CROWLEY —Madam Deputy President, I seek leave to make a personal explanation.

The DEPUTY PRESIDENT —Do you claim to have been misrepresented?

Senator CROWLEY —Yes.

The DEPUTY PRESIDENT —Please proceed.

Senator CROWLEY —I appreciate the tolerance of my colleagues. I wish to make a personal statement to simply place on the record that an article in today's Age , on page 1, referring to the work for the dole flip, cites me as accusing Mr Beazley of ratting on Labor principles. That is absolutely untrue; that is absolutely not what the facts were, and I just make it perfectly clear that I resile from that statement.

Senator Campbell —I wish to take a point of order, Madam Deputy President. The coalition would be pleased to grant leave to Senator Crowley if she wants to make an explanation in relation to the article that appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald where she said, `This is a sell out; what do we stand for?'

The DEPUTY PRESIDENT —Order! There is no point of order.