Mr TURNBULL (Wentworth—Prime Minister) (12:22): The opposition is endeavouring to create a distraction from the real agenda of this parliament, which is to end the lawlessness on the construction and building sites of Australia. Let me be very clear: we stand by John Howard's national firearms agreement; we are proud of it. As I said on the radio this morning, every day Australians watch the news they are reminded of what a coalition government did, what John Howard did, what our side of politics did. It was the Liberal and the National parties that put in place that agreement. Honourable members interjecting— Mr TURNBULL: Honourable members opposite want to know about the Adler lever action gun. If they stop shouting, I will tell them. Ms Butler interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Griffith is warned! Mr TURNBULL: Under the current national firearms agreement, lever action shotguns are category A. There has been a move on the COAG committee of justice ministers to have those guns reclassified, which we have supported. Because agreement has not been reached, we put in place an import ban, which expired in August this year, so we have renewed it and we have renewed it indefinitely. What that means, of course, is that— Ms Plibersek: A temporary ban! The SPEAKER: The member for Sydney is warned! Mr TURNBULL: It is not a temporary ban. It is permanent. It is set in stone. It can be amended, but it is there—like any import ban. If the honourable member is seriously interested in the safety of Australians, as I trust we all are, let me explain. Firearms are classified under the national firearms agreement as category A, B, C or D. Category A guns are relatively readily able to be acquired. For category B you need to nominate a specific purpose, like primary production. Firearms in categories C and D are very, very difficult to obtain, and appropriately so. So the debate that is being conducted and has not yet been agreed between the state jurisdictions, who of course have the regulation of firearms, is whether and how the Adler seven-shot lever action gun should be classified. What my government has done is to ensure that no Adler lever action guns with more than five rounds can be imported in any category. They cannot be imported at all. Honourable members interjecting— Mr TURNBULL: What we have done is put a stop on it. The fact is that we stand by the national firearms agreement. We want to see it stronger. We are supporting that with an import ban. We are proud of the achievements of John Howard. The action of the opposition in trying to use this as a distraction is a disgrace. Mr Brendan O'Connor interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Gorton is warned! Mr TURNBULL: I tell you that ban will remain in place until such time as there is a satisfactory reclassification of these guns by the COAG committee. That was the purpose of the ban when we first put it in place; that was the purpose when we renewed it. We stand by our commitment for the public safety of Australians. The national firearms agreement is our achievement. It is John Howard's achievement. It is not Labor's achievement. We get this mock sympathy from the Labor Party. The Labor Party would be better off cleaning up its own house rather than creating distractions. Honourable members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Griffith will leave under 94(a). The member for Griffith then left the chamber. Mr TURNBULL: The national firearms agreement is defended. It stands here and so does the ban.