Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business (House)) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. What policy commitments or undertakings has the government given to One Nation in return for their two votes in the Senate today?

Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for his question and understand his interest in ensuring that the bill that he voted for when it was last in the House of Representatives should pass the Senate. I can just say to him that it will come back from the Senate amended and we'll be voting to send it straight back. So there's the opportunity for him to show a consistency, a steadfast commitment, and to push aside the mystification of the member for Sydney and vote for that bill and ensure that Australians get a fairer tax system.

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Has the Prime Minister concluded his answer? The Prime Minister has concluded his answer. I will take a point of order. The Manager of Opposition Business?

Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business (House)) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, you had previously requested that, for the first minute, we don't take points of order, on the basis that there is time for a preamble. Given that the Prime Minister is not even using that time to say anything relevant to the question at all, at what point does the Prime Minister become relevant?

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Manager of Opposition Business can resume his seat. He asked a question about the tax bill that's before the Senate, and the Prime Minister certainly, in the preamble, addressed that. As I've said before, the three minutes is a maximum amount. It's a limit. It's not mandated that the Prime Minister use all of that time, and it's certainly not mandated that the Prime Minister answer the question in the way the Manager of Opposition Business desires. He was relevant to the question and he wrapped up within 50 seconds. And you and I have now spent more time talking about it than he did answering it, so we'll move to the next question.