Mr HOCKEY (North Sydney—The Treasurer) (14:31): That is just a false assertion based on a false assertion. And what a surprise! Because I remember the member for Lilley standing at this dispatch box on budget night and announcing that he was going to deliver four surpluses in a row—four surpluses in a row! And the member for Lilley—God bless him! He is my best friend over there; we need more of him—went out last night and said, 'Look, I would have delivered a surplus if only we were re-elected—if only we were re-elected!—Give me another chance,' the member for Lilley said. Oh, come on—do me a favour here, I am just getting going— Mr Bowen: Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. If the Treasurer were to be directly relevant he should at least mention his cabinet colleague, the Minister for immigration and Border Protection and back his judgement. The SPEAKER: There is no point of order. The member will resume his seat. The Treasurer has the call. Mr HOCKEY: I tell you what, Madam Speaker, there is a real minister for immigration sitting there! But I remember you as minister for immigration! Mr Truss: And so do the people smugglers! Mr HOCKEY: The boats—there were more boats coming in than there were planes at Sydney Airport! Mr Burke interjecting— Mr HOCKEY: And I remember him over there as the minister for immigration! Mr Bowen: Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order— The SPEAKER: The member for McMahon will resume his seat! I will simply say to the Treasurer that he will refer to people by their proper titles. You have a different point of order? Mr Bowen: Yes, Madam Speaker. I also recall the Treasurer standing at this dispatch box and saying, 'over his dead body'! The SPEAKER: There is no point of order. If the member for McMahon breaches the standing orders in that way again he will leave under standing order 94(a). The Treasurer has the call. Mr HOCKEY: He should not be so precious. He should be proud of his record as minister for immigration, because they certainly came in! And the member for Watson, to address him by his proper title; he was another great minister for immigration. Ms Owens: The question was about doubling the deficit! The SPEAKER: The member for Parramatta is warned! Mr HOCKEY: But I tell you what, as the boats came in under them the boats stopped under this minister for immigration. The boats stopped, and not only that; because the boats have stopped we have saved the budget $2½ billion and we have closed nine detention centres. But most of all, as a result of the actions of this government there are no children floating in the ocean between Australia and East Timor as occurred under Labor! Opposition members interjecting— Mr Burke: Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order— The SPEAKER: I will not give the call to the member for Watson until there is silence in the House. Mr Brendan O'Connor: The SIEV X— The SPEAKER: That includes the member for Gorton! Mr Burke: Madam Speaker, my point of order is on the conduct and tone of this parliament. If they want to start— The SPEAKER: Where is the standing order? Mr Burke: after the way they voted on Malaysia; if they want to start running that sort of argument which we have not in return— The SPEAKER: The member will resume his seat. The Treasurer has the call. Mr HOCKEY: I am happy to talk about records. This minister for immigration has stopped the boats, and he has stopped the deaths at sea— Ms Plibersek interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Sydney will desist! Mr HOCKEY: We are proud of the policies that have actually prevented people from dying at sea when trying to get to Australia. And in the interim, he has saved the budget $2½ billion and we have closed nine detention centres. And in the interim we have got on with the job of fixing the mess they left behind. Mr Shorten interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition will desist— Mr Marles: You've voted with the Greens, Joe. It's Malaysia! The SPEAKER: as will the member for Corio. Mr HOCKEY: We have fixed up the mess. It is not just—and I know this is embarrassing for Labor, but I say to you—that we do not fix up the mess just where it lies in the budget; we have to fix up the mess in every other policy area. Mr Marles: You've created the mess! You voted with the Greens, Joe! The SPEAKER: The member for Corio will desist! The member for Corio is warned! Mr HOCKEY: From the NBN, to immigration through to welfare, health and education—we will clean up all the mess that Labor left behind in every single policy area.