Mr ALEXANDER (Bennelong) (14:46): My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. If the government is serious about funding its $120 billion great big budget black hole and cutting back on waste, why has the government handed— Mr Albanese: Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Up to this point, none of that is in order; it is pure argument, and it is not true. The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms AE Burke ): The member for Bennelong will commence his question again without the introduction of the argument. Mr Hockey interjecting— The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member for North Sydney does not get to determine— Mr Pyne: Madam Deputy Speaker, I raise a point of order. With the greatest respect, the government has been talking about things that the opposition have never said, in their answers and in their questions for the last five years. If we cannot talk about the $120 billion great big budget black hole, then that is a complete double standard. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The Manager of Opposition Business will resume his seat. I have allowed other questions that have not begun—you need to listen more carefully, occasionally—with the argument. Perhaps if you could commence the question with the question and then go on to the rhetorical parts, we would have the question. Mr ALEXANDER: My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Why has the government handed $72,000 to the Auburn Community Development Network to host an 'enviro tea salon' and a 'weaving workshop' to promote the carbon tax if the government is serious about funding its $120 billion great big budget black hole? Opposition members interjecting— The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The last part of the question was out of order. The Acting Prime Minister has the call, and if the opposition was serious about question time they would actually allow an answer. Opposition members interjecting— The DEPUTY SPEAKER: All I meant was silence—standing order 65(b). All I am referring to is the level of noise. I cannot actually hear. So, therefore, you could not possibly hear an answer.