Mr BOWEN (McMahon) (14:36): My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to last week's disastrous capital expenditure results for Australian businesses—down 11 per cent since the election. When will the Treasurer accept that his words and his actions have done real and lasting damage to confidence and investment in Australia? Mr Pyne: Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order under standing order 100. There is no attempt in that question at all to ask a question. It is simply an assertion. It is quite impossible for the Treasurer to answer that question, and I would ask the shadow Treasurer to perhaps take the time to redraft it into a question rather than simply making assertions. Mr Bowen: On the point of order, questions can go to the responsibility of the minister. The minister, as the Treasurer of the nation, is responsible for confidence and investment in the Australian economy. The SPEAKER: The question is bordering on being almost unintelligible. However, I am going to let the question stand.