Mr ABBOTT (Warringah—Prime Minister) (14:02): What I am not going to do is accept lectures on cabinet solidarity from a Leader of the Opposition who backstabbed two prime ministers. He backstabbed two prime ministers because they could not run an effective government. Dr Chalmers: Mr Speaker, I raise a point of order. The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister will resume his seat. I call the member for Rankin on a point of order. The Prime Minister is 20 seconds into his answer. I am going to warn the member for Rankin in advance, and other members: I will not tolerate frivolous points of order. Mr Perrett interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Moreton is warned! I call the member for Rankin. Dr Chalmers: Understood, Speaker. It was a very specific question about a very specific leak out of cabinet. The SPEAKER: It was a very robust question, and if you ask a robust question you can expect a robust answer in the free-flowing debate in this parliament. I call the Prime Minister, who is completely in order. Mr ABBOTT: The Leader of the Opposition backstabbed two prime ministers. The former government's Deputy Prime Minister sent a former bodyguard to National Security Committee meetings. Their cabinet was so dysfunctional that it was replaced by a gang of four. Mr Burke: Mr Speaker, I raise a point of order. The SPEAKER: I call the Manager of Opposition Business on a point of order, bearing in mind there has been a point of order already on relevance. Mr Burke: Given the answer the Prime Minister is giving, it matches the document. Why doesn't he just table it? The SPEAKER: That is not a point of order. The member for Watson will resume his seat. The Prime Minister. Mr ABBOTT: I can inform the Leader of the Opposition that, on Monday night, cabinet made a very important decision that was endorsed by the party room on Tuesday morning, and that was to take the steps necessary to enable the Carmichael mine to go ahead. We are taking the steps necessary to protect 10,000 jobs, to protect a $20 billion investment and to enable 100 million people in India to get coal and power for the best part of 50 years. That smirking phoney over there, that assassin, the two-time Sussex Street assassin— Ms Butler: Mr Speaker, I raise a point of order. The SPEAKER: The member for Griffith on a point of order. Ms Butler: The Prime Minister has been here a long time and he knows he ought not reflect on members in that way. The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister is using robust political language that has been used by both sides. Honourable members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Those on my left and right will cease interjecting. Mr Burke: Mr Speaker, I raise a point of order. The SPEAKER: The Manager of Opposition Business is now raising a second point of order. Mr Burke: Mr Speaker, the word 'assassin' has to be a reflection on a member. If that word is not a reflection on a member, there is not much left. You can only do it by direct resolution of the parliament. An honourable member interjecting— The SPEAKER: No, I am not taking another point of order on this. My hearing of what the Prime Minister said is that it was said in a political context. It is language that has been used many times before. It is robust. The Prime Minister is in order. And I allowed some robust questioning yesterday. The Prime Minister. Mr ABBOTT: Twice this Leader of the Opposition led the Sussex Street death squads to assassinate politically two prime ministers, and then he was caught out telling lies about it on the Neil Mitchell program. That is this person who now seeks the trust of the Australian people at the next election. Let me tell the Leader of the Opposition: what we decided at cabinet on Monday night was to do what we could to preserve 10,000 jobs in Queensland—to do what we could to ensure that we got a $20 billion— Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Members on my left will cease interjecting. Mr ABBOTT: investment, because we support jobs and growth. We support the workers of this country. Where does this man stand? I tell you: when it comes to dudding workers, that man has form. He wants to dud the workers of Adani, he wants to dud the workers who will be employed under the free trade agreement, but, worst of all, when he was charged with protecting low-paid workers, he ripped them off to help himself. Shame on him. (Time expired)