A NSW MP has apologised after she falsely claimed to have completed two undergraduate degrees on nomination forms for Liberal party positions. <\/p>\n
North Shore MP Felicity Wilson claimed to hold \"a double degree of Bachelor of Media\/Bachelor of Arts from Macquarie University\" when nominating for a vice-president position, Fairfax Media reports. <\/p>\n
But in her official parliamentary biography, Ms Wilson is listed to hold a Bachelor of Media, attained in 2005. <\/p>\n
A Macquarie University spokesman confirmed Ms Wilson had completed the single degree. <\/p>\n
\"She has not currently completed any further degrees at the university,\" they said in a statement. <\/p>\n
Ms Wilson on Wednesday told AAP she began an arts degree in 2001 but later decided to also study subjects for a media degree. <\/p>\n
\"Due to the subjects I had completed, I graduated with a Bachelor of Media, however, I could have chosen to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts instead,\" she said in a statement. <\/p>\n
The Liberal MP issued an unreserved apology for the \"errors\" on the forms and said she currently held two degrees - a Bachelor of Media and a Master of Public Policy - and had also deferred enrolment in an MBA to focus on her electorate. <\/p>\n
\"I will continue to give every effort to representing our community in NSW parliament,\" she said. <\/p>\n
It's not the first time Ms Wilson, who scraped into parliament on preferences in an April by-election, has been somewhat loose with her words. <\/p>\n
In the lead up to election day, she was forced to admit she gave misleading information about her residential and voting history. <\/p>\n
Ms Wilson said it was \"unintentional error\" when she told party members she moved to the electorate in 2005. <\/p>\n
The same justification was given for a Facebook post in which Ms Wilson wrongly claimed that the first vote she cast in an election was for former prime minister John Howard. <\/p>\n
Opposition leader Luke Foley again dubbed Ms Wilson \"fibbing Felicity\". <\/p>\n
\"She's the Pinocchio of the parliament,\" he told reporters in Sydney. <\/p>\n
\"What will she say next?\" <\/p>\n
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