Mrs ELLIOT (Richmond) (16:08): I think the previous speaker, the member for Deakin, really highlighted how incompetent this government is. He did not defend them at all. Absolutely nothing—not one defence. There is nothing he can say to defend his government. It was the same with previous speakers—they could not at all defend their government. What we have here is a government that is completely dysfunctional. They have no unity at all. It is a government at war with itself and in total chaos. This is a government that, for the first time since federation, voted to condemn itself. That is what they did—they are so incompetent. They are in this position because the Prime Minister is so weak that he cannot stand up to anybody— Mr Sukkar: Mr Deputy Speaker, do you want to invite the member to table her speech? The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Mr Coulton ): Member for Deakin, that is not a point of order. Mrs ELLIOT: He never can defend this government. It is unbelievable. They are in this position because the Prime Minister is so weak and unable to stand up to anybody in his party. It is that chaotic. He is so weak. They are not actually doing the job that they were voted in for, to govern the country. That is what you are voted in for. They did not defend any of that; they did not defend any policies before; they just could not do it. And they cannot do it because there are so many divisions within their party. We have a Prime Minister unable to make any decisions because he is so beholden to those right-wing extremists in both the Liberal Party and the National Party. The National Party thinks this is great. They think it is Christmas. They think it is great that they are on telly all the time demanding what government policy might be. They think it is wonderful. Unfortunately, the rest of the country is pretty worried about this, because they know how extremist their views are. Perhaps even worse, we know the effects of the harsh cuts that the National Party will continue to pursue in health, education and community infrastructure. We know what they will do. Make no mistake about it, in regional areas we blame the Nationals for all the extreme cuts that we have seen in country areas. We know what they are like. So it surely is a measure of the Prime Minister's character that all we see is dithering, weakness, unwillingness and his inability to stand up to those in his party. There are so many serious divisions in the government as well. Let's have a look at the former Prime Minister, the member for Warringah—parading around on 7.30 last night acting like he is like the Prime Minister in exile. Every time he is on telly, or here, that is all he does. Ever since he was dumped as Prime Minister he has been out there backgrounding, undermining, waiting to come back. The SPEAKER: The member will refer to other members by their correct titles, which I understand she has been warned about already. I am making it very clear that the member will refer to members by their correct titles. I sat the Leader of the Opposition down on this very point. Mrs ELLIOT: In recent days we have seen the issue of gun safety regulation really highlight the divisions in the government—their dysfunction and indeed their dishonesty. This is an issue I feel very strongly about, particularly as a former police officer. I am very proud that we have very strong gun laws in this country. We should not be changing that at all. That is why the debate we have seen over the last few days is a disgrace when it comes to this government. We have seen a lot of coverage about the classification of the Adler shotgun. The fact that both the current Prime Minister and the former Prime Minister, the member for Warringah, have been prepared to trade votes for guns is very, very concerning. We saw today in question time the Prime Minister openly contradict the former Prime Minister's claims about the votes for guns scandal, and indeed, as the opposition leader said, we saw him really throw him under a bus. We should all be very, very worried that the Prime Minister has been caught out trying to do this deal. It is a real concern. Also, these changes that we have had the government talking about are really being pushed along by our friends in the National Party. Every day one of them comes out spruiking these changes, wanting this to happen. Of course, we know that there is a COAG meeting on tomorrow and we are all waiting very eagerly to see exactly what the government does, because it really is an absurd situation that they are in. We would really like to know where the Prime Minister stands, because we really see him all over the shop, so weak and dithering on so many issues. We have seen him change his position on super; we have seen him refuse to take effective action on climate change or marriage equality; and now, possibly, gun laws. We just see him walking away from so many different positions all the time, and it really does reflect his weakness. So we have all this dysfunction happening, but while this dysfunction is happening the government has managed to continue with their very harsh and cruel cuts to the Australian people, particularly their cuts to services, and especially those shameful cuts to services to people in regional areas, which, as I said, we blame the National Party for. The fact is that we have a government that is completely dysfunctional, a government that has no unity at all; a government that is at war with itself over so many issues, which they should be constantly condemned for. None of their speakers have been able to defend the government because they cannot defend it. (Time expired)