Ms GILLARD (Lalor—Prime Minister) (14:53): Oh, to have been a fly on the wall at their tactics meeting this morning! They really brought the originality and creativity to the table, didn't they! They really thought hard this morning! 'I know,' some genius said, 'let's go on carbon again.' And then another genius said, 'Let's raise boats'—not one question about MYEFO; not one question about the Asian century white paper; not one question about the future of the Murray-Darling. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! The Prime Minister will return to the question. Ms GILLARD: To the Leader of the Opposition's question: yes, I am concerned about boat arrivals. I was concerned about them every day that the Leader of the Opposition came into this place and played his reckless negative politics in order to deny the nation the ability to process asylum seekers offshore. I was concerned about the cost of that reckless negativity to the nation every day it continued. And I continue to be concerned about the Leader of the Opposition's reckless negativity towards the Houston report. Let us remind ourselves who Angus Houston is. He is the former Chief of the Defence Force. Let us remind ourselves whom he was assisted by: Michael L'Estrange, a foreign policy expert, and Paris Aristotle, an expert in refugee policy. And yet, despite the delivery of that report, we have yet to hear the opposition say that it will embrace the national interest and work with the government to ensure all of its recommendations can be implemented. Mr Abbott: Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order, reluctantly, on direct relevance. This is plainly a question about the impact on the budget surplus of the government's continued failure to control our borders. The Prime Minister's answer should deal with this issue. The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister has the call and will be relevant to the question before the chair. Ms GILLARD: I refer the Leader of the Opposition to the budget papers. If he is genuinely concerned about this matter, then endorse the report of the former Chief of the Defence Force, Angus Houston.