Ms GILLARD (Lalor—Prime Minister) (14:03): I remind the Leader of the Opposition that this government has brought to the parliament proposals to help us deal with the circumstances of asylum seekers and people who arrive by boat, and the Leader of the Opposition in his reckless negativity has not supported those proposals. The Leader of the Opposition cannot come into this place and mount this kind of criticism when he has refused to accept the advice of the former Chief of the Defence Force, Angus Houston, he has refused to accept the advice of refugee expert Paris Aristotle, he has refused— Mr Pyne: Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The Prime Minister has to answer the very simple question: can she confirm that there have been more illegal boat arrivals in the last nine months than in the entire period of the Howard government? Mr Albanese: Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order that goes to disruptive conduct. This is the first question of question time today; the Prime Minister is exactly 41 seconds into her answer and the Manager of Opposition Business took up more than 41 seconds with his frivolous point of order. The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister has the call. Ms GILLARD: I can confirm that we would have seen fewer boat arrivals but for the Leader of the Opposition's reckless negativity.