Federal Member for Tangney Dennis Jensen has admitted he should not have sent a letter touting his debut novel on parliamentary letterhead but says the media has sensationalised a "racy" portion of the unpublished work.

In a story in The Australian on Tuesday, it was revealed Dr Jensen had used the letterhead in correspondence with a literary agent, while trying to get his book Sky Warriors published.

Furthermore, the fictional work - which involves a war between Australia and the joint forces of Indonesia and China - contained a passage that outlined non-bra wearing, the running of hands up thighs and the following immortal line:

"She pulled his trousers off, ripped the underpants off excitedly, and took him in her mouth."