Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Can Australians afford a $19,000 increase in the cost of an average family car under his government's new car and ute tax? Will the Prime Minister give his word to the Australian people that a car and ute tax won't increase the price of cars here in Australia?

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! Members on my right. The member for Lyons will cease interjecting and the Minister for the Environment and Water will cease interjecting. The Prime Minister has the call.

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The whole premise of the Leader of the Opposition's question is completely wrong. He should talk to the Manager of Opposition Business about why it's wrong. The difference is, as the Manager of Opposition Business said:

If Australia had fuel efficiency standards in line with comparable nations, estimates of the fuel saving per passenger vehicle could be above $500 per year, or nearly $28 billion in total by 2040.

He said that in 2017. The member for Bradfield, I am sure, can confirm that when he came up with this policy proposal I, as shadow minister, sat down with him and said there needs to be bipartisan work done on this to get it done. That was my approach. I note the Leader of the Opposition—in a press conference in order to say, 'Look over there!' while they were reversing their position on tax cuts—said that he was up for reform. He said: 'Just come to us. I want to be constructive. I want it to be like the Howard years.' What nonsense! Here we have a policy, one of the architects of which is sitting over there as his key tactician, and he asks stupid questions like that based upon absolutely nothing.

Let's be very clear here: this policy says that Australia will have the same standards that the United States has by 2028. I don't know if anyone over there has watched TV or been to the US, but one of the things I noticed—

Well, apparently that's bad.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order!

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Again, the noted bipartisanship! Well, you've almost worn out Gina Rinehart's plane, mate.

Honourable members interjecting—

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Resources will cease interjecting. The member for Deakin on a point of order.

Michael Sukkar (Deakin, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Social Services) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

We know the Prime Minister's a liar—

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Resume your seat.

Michael Sukkar (Deakin, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Social Services) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

He should be held to—

Honourable members interjecting—

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

You will come back to that dispatch box, you'll withdraw that comment and then you'll keep walking and leave the chamber under standing order 94(a).

Michael Sukkar (Deakin, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Social Services) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I withdraw.

The member for Deakin then left the chamber.

Government members interjecting—

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! Members on my right, I do not need any assistance. The Prime Minister for the remaining 25 seconds.

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Apparently now the offer of bipartisanship doesn't even extend to support for the US alliance. Everything is an opportunity to try and divide—

Honourable members interjecting—

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order!

Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

A point of order.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition will need to state the point of order. We haven't had one on relevance.

Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On relevance, the question, again, went to a $19,000 price increase for a Mazda CX-30. The Prime Minister refuses to address that important question. Why can't he—

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Resume your seat. Prime Minister has seven seconds and he will remain relevant to the question.

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Having such a thin skin makes it easy to see the glass jaw.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Prime Minister's time has concluded.

Honourable members interjecting—

Order! The House will come to order so I can hear from the member for Robertson.