Ben Small (Forrest, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Electoral Matters) | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Aussie legend Joseph Daoud spent $17½ thousand of his own money on billboards telling the Labor government to drop their ambition taxes. He's paid up again, winning an auctioned tennis match at the Lodge to get the Prime Minister's attention. The Prime Minister told the Australian people before the election that his word was his bond. So when Joseph gets to the Lodge, will the Prime Minister tell him why his word on negative gearing and capital gains taxes was broken, or will Joseph be served up another Labor tax hike?

Milton Dick (Speaker) | Link to this | Hansard source

That question was barely within the standing orders. It was a very, very, very broad question about the responsibilities of the Prime Minister. So I'm going to be clear with everyone. I think we're going to get a very broad answer.

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) | Link to this | Hansard source

The first thing I'd say is congratulations to the press gallery board, to Jane Norman and her team, in raising money for charity last night. The second thing is that, if I were someone on that side led by this leader of the opposition, I wouldn't be mentioning last night. I would pretend it was all a bad dream. Mr Speaker, I'm sure you and many from here were there. We're not supposed to talk about it in spite of the fact—

Phillip Thompson (Herbert, Liberal National Party, Shadow Minister for Defence Industry) | Link to this | Hansard source

You're talking about it!

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) | Link to this | Hansard source

You just came in and asked a question about it. There are geniuses in the tactics committee! There's a lot of chatter about the member for Canning, who's insisting he's running again. Good luck to you, Member for Canning. Certainly, if it's you or One Nation, I'm for this bloke, let me tell you. That's where I come from. Good on you, for standing up to them. I suspect there's another bloke having a go over here—the bloke who stands up whenever a question is asked and moves two or three points of order and makes sure his KPI of getting on the TV 10 times every day is reached. Because why would you ask that question? Why would you ask that question?

I'll make this point. When it comes to this gentleman, I don't know who he is. Obviously, the Leader of the Opposition mentioned him in his speech. He's obviously a mate, and they think it's very clever to do all this. I'm quite happy that more money is going to charity. I'll make that point. But let me make this point as well. If it's a choice between someone who's in the sector somewhere and who's got enough money to buy billboards and spend all this or first home buyers struggling to get into a home, I'm for the first home buyers. I'm for the first home buyers. I'm for the people who have nothing to give but their time. I'm for the people who work hard. I'm for the people who have a right to have the security of a roof over their head. Let me tell you this: the more they go down this road, the more aces we will serve up.