Ms JULIE BISHOP (Curtin—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:55): My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to her claim on 23 August that she had no involvement in the AWU fund after helping set it up in early 1992. I refer to this article by Hedley Thomas which states that the Prime Minister and Bernard Murphy were advising Ralph Blewitt in a defamation action against AWU officials in late 1993. It says: Mr Blewitt said the defamation action was vital to silence dissenters because if they had succeeded in ousting him the slush fund … would have been exposed … Given the Prime Minister's involvement in this defamation action don't you agree that— (Time expired) Mr Albanese: Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. There was no question attached to the statement within the prescribed time. The SPEAKER: Order! The Deputy Leader of the Opposition ran out of time before she stated the question. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition could restate the question without as much argument. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has the call. Ms JULIE BISHOP: I refer to her claim on 23 August that she had no involvement in the AWU fund after setting it up in early 1992. I refer to this article by Hedley Thomas which states that the Prime Minister and Bernard Murphy were advising Ralph Blewitt in a defamation action. The article said: Mr Blewitt said the defamation action was vital to silence dissenters because if they had succeeded in ousting him the slush fund … would have been exposed … The SPEAKER: The Deputy Leader of the Opposition will get to the question. Ms JULIE BISHOP: Does the Prime Minister agree that this was the purpose of the action?