Ms GILLARD (Lalor—Prime Minister) (15:06): I had the opportunity yesterday to speak to the House about bullyboy conduct in education. Now I am invited to engage in some of that conduct myself. No, I do not agree with the member for Holt, but this is the nation's parliament and what happens in the nation's parliament is that people should be free to come and put a view. It does not mean that I will agree with all of the views put; in fact, sometimes, when we are getting ready for question time or as we are moving towards divisions and I am sitting in the parliament, I listen to some of the contributions made opposite and I have never heard such unmitigated rubbish and nonsense in all my life. But I would always defend their right to come to the parliament and put whatever perspective they want. So, when I listen to the climate change scepticism from those opposite, I think, 'That's their right.' When I listen to others in the parliament put views I do not agree with— Mr Abbott: Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The question was about a statement from the government chairman of the ASIO committee—a rather important personage—and the Prime Minister should answer the question about his statement that the security agency— The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister has the call. Ms GILLARD: I have indicated the facts of this matter to the parliament. The facts of this matter, as outlined by me, mean I do not agree with the member for Holt. Having said that, this is a democracy. This is the nation's parliament, and I believe that people should be able to come here and put their views. So the Leader of the Opposition is asking me to thug the member for Holt and I will not do so; I am not that kind of person. The SPEAKER: Before I call the member for McEwen: I saw the students from Glenvale School earlier today, and one of them cheekily asked me to acknowledge them, so I am going to do so. The member for McEwen, as to 'favouritism': they are from the member for Bendigo's electorate, so I think it is! But they did ask, and so I am going to grant the request because I am going to give myself some solace for five seconds.