Andrew Giles (Scullin, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Cities and Urban Infrastructure) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. The Auditor-General's office found that a top-20 marginal seat list was used to identify projects to be funded under the commuter car park program and, 'Some of the canvassing was done out of the PMO.' Will the Prime Minister table the list that was used by his office?

Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I do thank the member for his question, and again I make the point that the decisions made by the minister were within authority. Our government is committed to delivering commuter car parks. Just in the last couple of weeks Ferny Grove has commenced and Revesby in New South Wales has commenced. In fact, under the Urban Congestion Fund, there are 177 packages of work, of which 69 have now been commenced or completed. So we're getting on with delivering the Commuter Car Park Fund and the Urban Congestion Fund. And, of course, I make the point that the Labor Party is not clear as to whether they support commuter car parks or whether they oppose commuter car parks, because they took to the last election a park-and-ride fund which involved support for commuter car parks at Mango Hill, Gosford, Woy Woy, Panania, Hurstville, Mandurah, Riverwood, Frankston—

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

The minister will resume his seat. The member for Scullin?

An honourable member interjecting—

Andrew Giles (Scullin, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Cities and Urban Infrastructure) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I am searching for relevance, but I'm not having the same challenge that the minister does!

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

The member for Scullin better come to his point of order.

Andrew Giles (Scullin, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Cities and Urban Infrastructure) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Thank you. A point of order on relevance: the question was a very narrow one. It's very difficult to see how he can answer it, actually. But certainly this is not within the scope of the question.

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

I was just about the intervene on the minister. It was a specific question. It went to the audit report and then asked one specific question. So I think the minister needs to just bring himself back to the question or resume his seat.

Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Here's a quote from an Auditor-General's report, which said, 'This worksheet summarised the distribution of funding on a party political basis as well as in geographic terms.' ANAO report No. 3 2010-11 regarding the regional and local—

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

The minister will resume his seat.

Mr Fletcher interjecting—

I'd say to the minister: you put one over me the other day, but you're not going to keep doing it.