Mr ABBOTT (Warringah—Prime Minister) (14:35): What we see again is more shameless effrontery from members opposite. Let us be clear about what they are doing. Members opposite are complaining because we are putting back in the money they ripped out. They are unhappy about that. The truth is that the people of Australia can trust us in a way they could never trust old 'Billion Dollar Bill' over there—$1.2 billion ripped out of school funding. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: It would assist the House if the Prime Minister were to withdraw that statement about the Leader of the Opposition. Mr ABBOTT: To assist the House, I am happy to withdraw. In fact— The SPEAKER: The Manager of Opposition Business will resume his seat. I asked the Prime Minister to withdraw to assist the House and that is what he has done. Mr Burke: On a point of order, Madam Speaker: I raise the issue of direct relevance. It was a very specific question about the relationship between Commonwealth agreements and what they will allow the states to do. The SPEAKER: There is no point of order. Mr ABBOTT: Madam Speaker, of course I should not have used that phrase to describe the Leader of the Opposition, because it was $1.2 billion, not just $1 billion, that he ripped out of school funding. We will change the Australian Education Act passed by the former government to end the Canberra command and control system that was put in place by members opposite. Mr Husic: Reds under the schoolbooks. The SPEAKER: The member for Chifley is warned. Mr ABBOTT: This government will run a consultative and collegial system. We will end the blame game and we will work cooperatively with the states, and I believe that the states will honour their commitments to spend more money on schools.