Mr ABBOTT (Warringah—Prime Minister) (14:17): We did not ignore the business case. Opposition members interjecting— Mr ABBOTT: If members opposite are such geniuses when it comes to saving car companies, what happened to Ford and what happened to Mitsubishi? I am not in the business of playing politics here but, if members opposite are, I pose this question to them: if it is so easy to keep companies in this country, what happened to Ford, what happened to Mitsubishi and what happened to the $275 million former Prime Minister Gillard said had saved Holden? Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Port Adelaide. Mr ABBOTT: What happened to the promise that Julia Gillard had saved Holden with $275 million of taxpayers' money? Honourable members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister will resume his seat. There will be silence on both sides of the House. We do not need to have those interchanges. The Prime Minister has the call. Mr ABBOTT: The truth, as the Holden spokesman said publicly yesterday: It would be wrong to attribute the decision to government action or inaction. Yes, there are good things that government can do, and we will do the good things that can be done to help manufacturing in this country. To follow up on the excellent answer from the Leader of the House a few moments ago, he talked about consistency and stability in government decision making. I refer members opposite to Senator Kim Carr, the former industry minister, who said in his book, when he was being truthful— An opposition member interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Kingsford Smith is warned! Mr Burke: Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. We are going a very long way away from direct relevance now. The Prime Minister has had to refer to an answer from another minister to try to make it relevant to question time, let alone to what he was asked. The SPEAKER: There is no point of order. I call the Prime Minister. Mr ABBOTT: I was asked what government has been doing for the car industry. Let me quote Senator Kim Carr: 'International company executives wondered just what they had to do to get a consistent government policy commitment in Australia under the Labor government.' This is when Kim Carr was the minister for industry.