My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. At a press conference this morning the Minister for Communications said, 'We are totally united, totally cohesive, totally committed.' How can this be true, given the Acting Prime Minister, the Nationals and the Australian people were so blatantly deceived by the Liberal Party?

Madam Speaker, an assertion cannot be simply dressed up as a question. These matters have been dealt with all throughout question time. If the opposition have given up on the budget, which they clearly have, they should move on to a different subject. This is not a question seeking information.

I have to say that the nature of the questions that have been coming today are really an infringement of standing order 100 and standing order 98. That, I am afraid, is another one. We will move on.