Mr ABBOTT (Warringah—Prime Minister) (14:03): The measure that the government announced yesterday is a budget measure. We did our best to get it passed in one way and, given the unwillingness of members opposite to participate in the process of budget repair, we thought we would do it a different way. We are determined to get our budget measures passed; one way or another we are determined to get our budget measures passed. Mr Shorten: Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. It just goes to relevance: has the Prime Minister done a deal with the Greens on petrol tax? Yes or no? Mr Hockey: Well, you'd know about deals with the Greens party! Honourable members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Treasurer will desist! This is only Wednesday. The Treasurer will desist, the Leader of the Opposition will cease responding and the Prime Minister has the call. Mr ABBOTT: The answer to the Leader of the Opposition's question is: of course not. But what I say to the Leader of the Opposition is that this is a government which is determined to address the debt-and-deficit disaster which we inherited from members opposite. We are determined to address the debt-and-deficit disaster that we inherited from members opposite. We have not brought in a new tax. We have simply resumed indexation of an old tax. We have simply done what Bob Hawke did. And I say again to the Leader of the Opposition: Bob Hawke was a real Labor leader. Bob Hawke was someone who was prepared to put the national interest ahead of short-term politicking. And I say to the Leader of the Opposition: just for once, he should think about the country and not about politicking. And he ought to be prepared to engage with the government on the vital national task of solving the debt-and-deficit disaster which this government has inherited.