Ms KING (Ballarat) (14:45): My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the role of Senator Nash's former chief of staff in the redevelopment of the Cadbury factory in Tasmania. Can the Prime Minister guarantee that the former chief of staff or his company have not been, nor will be, direct financial beneficiaries of the government's decision to fund this $16-million upgrade? The SPEAKER: I will hear from the Leader of the House. Mr Pyne: Madam Speaker, this is simply a fishing expedition on the part of the opposition. It is entirely hypothetical. And the Prime Minister—it is not within his executive control to answer. The SPEAKER: That is not a point of order. The problem with that question is that it is not within the control or the responsibility of the Prime Minister to control a private enterprise firm. Mr Burke interjecting— The SPEAKER: I am making a statement! Sit down. Take your seat. If the member would care to rephrase her question so it is acceptable, we can try again. Ms KING: Madam Speaker, I do need to seek your assistance on this matter. The $16 million is in the government's control. Contractual arrangements around that $16 million are in the government's control, and that is what I was referring to. The SPEAKER: The problem with your question is that you are asking the Prime Minister to guarantee something which is not in his control to do. Ms KING: I will ask it again, but I do beg your assistance and I apologise for that. My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to the role of Senator Nash's former chief of staff in the redevelopment of the Cadbury factory in Tasmania. Can the Prime Minister guarantee that neither the former chief of staff nor his company will be a direct financial beneficiary of the government's contracted $16 million for this upgrade? The SPEAKER: I am sorry; the member has not rephrased her question. But, if the Prime Minister wishes to answer, he may. Mr Burke interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Manager of Opposition Business will resume his seat. There is no standing order that gives you the right to ask for guidance during question time. Mr Burke: But, Madam Speaker, you have just ruled that there is a problem with the question, which is putting a limit on our capacity as to whether we can ask who is going to benefit from government funds. If we are not allowed to ask who is going to benefit from government funds, that is an extraordinary— The SPEAKER: The member will resume his seat. He knows as well as anybody else that is not the point on which I was asking the member to rephrase her question. I call the honourable the Prime Minister.