I advise that the world's greatest Treasurer will be absent from question time today. The Assistant Treasurer will be answering questions on his behalf.

Order! The House will come to order! Before we commence question time I remind people that over the next few sitting days there are some important votes to take place. I hope that members' behaviour indicates to me that they value those votes and does not lead to me having to take action that might deny them a vote at a certain point in time. It would be helpful if the chamber were conscious of that and that each individual modifies their behaviour.