Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance and the Public Service, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:53): The Prime Minister made it no secret that he supported the re-endorsement of four incumbent Liberal members of the House of Representatives in the great state of New South Wales. That is not something that is unprecedented in parties on either side of politics. I'm intrigued that the Labor Party has nothing better to ask about. Why don't you ask questions about the economy? Why don't you ask questions about jobs? Why don't you ask questions about our national security? Why don't you ask questions about health, education, immigration or the National Disability Insurance Scheme? Why are you so obsessed with our navel? Why are you so obsessed with navel gazing and our navel? I mean, honestly! Ask questions about policy rather than questions about the internal Canberra bubble. Quite frankly, Mr Shorten has a track record of intervening in preselections all around the place. I wonder why he didn't intervene in the preselection of Emma Husar? What happened to Emma Husar? We know that Emma Husar turned on him quite spectacularly yesterday— The PRESIDENT: Senator Wong, on a point of order? Senator Wong: One could say that if you had a policy we could ask a question about it! But what I'm actually raising, Mr President, is a point of order on direct relevance. This is all very interesting, but has nothing to do with the question: why did he intervene to save Mr Kelly's preselection? The PRESIDENT: You've reminded the minister of the question. He's had some latitude; he has 48 seconds remaining to answer. Senator CORMANN: I answered that question directly. Senator Wong interjects so much that she doesn't listen to the answer. I encourage her to read the Hansard. The PRESIDENT: Senator McCarthy, a supplementary question.