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Mr TEHAN (Wannon—Manager of Opposition Business) (15:10): Speaker, I want to correct a misunderstanding, per page 498 of the Practice. Today on the front page of the Australian is a report titled 'Chris Bowen commits PM to COP summit amid third-term ambitions'. In this media report, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy is quoted as saying: 'I'm way beyond the personal playing the man'— The SPEAKER: Hang on a sec.

This applies to what you have done, not a misunderstanding for someone else. The Practice is clear: A personal explanation is not restricted to matters of misrepresentation. For example, Members have been permitted to use the procedure to explain an action or remark, apologise to the House, clarify a possible misunderstanding, state why they had voted in a particular way, and correct a statement made in debate.

It's not applying to someone else. So you've got to explain where you have been misrepresented, or where the mistake is that you've made. Mr TEHAN: Yes.

So— The SPEAKER: It's not someone else. Mr TEHAN: No. The SPEAKER: It's what you've made.

Mr TEHAN: Speaker, the misunderstanding that I would like to correct is that I am obsessed with the minister delivering $275 off people's power bills—not about his personal attributes, which might include things that go to pumping up his own tyres. The SPEAKER: Order! I thank the manager for correcting his mistake, I think.

Order! I'd just remind people that the standing orders are there for a reason and the Practice is there for a reason. They're not to be taken advantage of.