Budget and Finance Committee

The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (14:33): My question, much to the horror of the Hon. Mr Robert Simms, is to the Hon. Frank Pangallo.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY: It is standing order 107. Will the honourable member explain: is it an administrative error to give a parliamentary committee a reference to an academic paper which the purported author has confirmed doesn't exist?

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Pangallo, if you choose to answer it you can.

The Hon. F. PANGALLO (14:33): I note that the Hon. Tom Koutsantonis now calls me a 'rogue'. Being called a rogue by Tom Koutsantonis is like me calling him George Clooney—or is it Looney? Here is what we are getting from Labor: it is just nasty, lying, bullying Labor. Watch the news tonight.