Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, the business case document for the National Broadband Network says that the NBN anticipates being able to reduce nominal prices for all products except basic services—in other words, the nominal price for basic services can increase. In question time today the Prime Minister said that the cost of basic services in nominal terms remains the same. In other words, she got it wrong—

Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The Leader of the Opposition should come to the question he has for me.

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question to you is: would you please undertake to this House to call the Prime Minister in to correct the record?

Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition will resume his seat. He knows that that is not achieved by a question to me. I now regret that the member for Canning intervened. I could have had two people warned in succession.

Don Randall (Canning, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Local Government) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Randall interjecting

Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Not you, no. You have saved the Leader of the Opposition—that gets you brownie points. The Chief Opposition Whip on indulgence.