Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler—Leader of the Opposition) (15:11): I wish to give a personal explanation.

The SPEAKER: Does the Leader of the Opposition claim to have been misrepresented?

Mr ALBANESE: I do.

The SPEAKER: You may proceed.

Mr ALBANESE: In question time today, the Prime Minister said:

… I texted him from the plane when I was going on that leave and told him where I was going …

Mr Speaker, that is not true. On 15 December 2019 at 9.44 pm, the Prime Minister did text me saying he was going on leave. He did not tell me where he was going. He said he was going with his family. I kept that text message confidential, as you do with private text messages between private phones.

The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition needs to show where he has been misrepresented.

Mr ALBANESE: On the Friday, he disclosed in an interview with 2GB that he had texted me, and that was the first time that that became public. But at no stage did he tell me where he was going.