Mr ABBOTT (Warringah—Prime Minister) (14:08): This is not a question. It is much more an accusation than a question from the Leader of the Opposition. I repeat: the President of the Human Rights Commission has not been asked to resign. No inducement has been offered, as the President herself has declared to Senate estimates. But the government has lost confidence in the President because the President, in consultation with Labor ministers, thought that it was political to have an inquiry when the number of children in detention was almost 2000. Ms Owens interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Parramatta will desist and is warned. Mr ABBOTT: The President thought it was political to have an inquiry into children in detention then. Mr Dreyfus interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Isaacs will desist. Mr ABBOTT: So what did she do? She had an inquiry, presumably a political inquiry, when the number of children in detention was 200 and declining all the time. I am delighted to have questions on this subject from the Leader of the Opposition. I invite the Leader of the Opposition to continue asking questions on this subject because every question that he asks gives me the chance to declare that members opposite were total failures when it comes to border protection. Thanks to consistent failure, thanks to a weakness of will, thanks to a lack of ability to govern on the part of members opposite— Dr Chalmers interjecting— Mr ABBOTT: some 50,000— The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister will resume his seat. The member for Rankin will withdraw and then leave under 94(a). Dr Chalmers: I withdraw 'pathological liar'. The SPEAKER: I name the member for Rankin!