Mr SHORTEN (Maribyrnong—Leader of the Opposition) (14:00): My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday the Prime Minister said the government's broken promises and unfair budget were just a matter of 'atmospherics'. When will the Prime Minister accept that it is his $100,000 university degrees, not the atmospherics, that Australians have fundamentally rejected? Mr Pyne: Madam Speaker, on a point of order: is it in order for the Leader of the Opposition to misquote the Prime Minister in a question and then demand an answer to a misquote? Surely he should be required to quote the Prime Minister accurately and not make assertions based on a misquote the Prime Minister never made. The SPEAKER: I think the proper way to deal with it is through a personal explanation at the end of question time. But I do not think is a good idea that the basis for a question is a quote without being able to substantiate it. I will check the standing orders, but I suspect that standing order 100 has something to say about it. The standing orders say facts and names of people, unless they can be authenticated and are strictly necessary, are not in order. The Leader of the Opposition should take that into account. Mr Shorten: Madam Speaker, do you want me to authenticate the quote? The SPEAKER: Yes. Mr Shorten: I am quoting from a transcript of a 46-minute session the Prime Minister had with the press gallery dated 1 December 2014. The Prime Minister said: I'm not for a second suggesting that last week was a great week when it came to the atmospherics— and further on— Honourable members interjecting— The SPEAKER: We are now getting into the realm of argument, and that also is not within the standing orders. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: There will be silence on my left! If the Prime Minister feels that he knows what the content of the question is then he can have the call to answer it.