Ms GILLARD (Lalor—Prime Minister) (14:22): I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his question. I particularly thank him for referring to statements that I made earlier this year, because I would remind the Leader of the Opposition that at the start of this year as we came into this parliamentary year I said that the principal battle ground for this year would be on the economy—on jobs, on services and on the federal budget—and the ability to properly provision for the services and supports that families need. I am delighted, even though it has taken until September, that the Leader of the Opposition is finally coming to meet us on this battle ground of central concern to the Australian community. I am delighted that the Leader of the Opposition is now indicating by his conduct that at the centre of the political debate between now and 2013 and at the core of the election campaign in 2013 will be who is best— Mr Pyne: Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The Prime Minister is talking a lot about how delighted she is to answer the question but she is not actually answering the question. When is she going to get to the point and be directly relevant? The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms AE Burke ): The Prime Minister has the call. Ms GILLARD: I am delighted that the Leader of the Opposition is now indicating that at the centre of the 2013 campaign will be who can best run the economy and who can best manage the federal budget. If that is to be the contest, we will be absolutely delighted. In that contest, what we will do every step of the way is continue to bring our Labor values to the choices that we make in the government budget. We are a government that has found $130 billion for savings in order to fund Labor priorities. Honourable members interjecting— The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! The Prime Minister will resume her seat. The Prime Minister has the call and will refer to the question before the chair. Ms GILLARD: We have as a government, across the budgets we have delivered, brought our Labor values to sometimes very tough choices. Mr Robb interjecting— The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member for Goldstein is warned! Ms GILLARD: We have been prepared to make changes to the budget, savings in the order of $130 billion, in order to fund Labor priorities. We will continue to do that, continue to make the right choices, so that we can fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme, so that we can fund a better future for our children. I say to the Leader of the Opposition: what I can say for the government is, through MYEFO and through the budget and then through the process of the election campaign, we will publish all of the credentialled figures through Treasury. You will know where we stand and what we value from the figures that we make sure are checked and are right and are published. The Leader of the Opposition will not match that commitment. Having gone through the last election campaign and generated an $11 billion black hole, he stands today for $70 billion worth of cutbacks and he is on the run from revealing that truth. We will be very pleased to lay our values open for inspection. We stand by them and we are proud of them. (Time expired) Ms Roxon: On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker: throughout that whole question, on the front bench it was impossible to hear the Prime Minister's answer from constant interjections from those opposite. It cannot be parliamentary to yell through an entire answer to the extent that, on our front bench, we are unable to hear the answer. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The Attorney-General will resume her seat. Mrs Bronwyn Bishop: Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member for Mackellar will resume her seat. As with previous speakers, I will not entertain this type of discussion during question time, but I will refer everybody to standing order 65(b).