Mr PYNE (Sturt—Leader of the House and Minister for Defence Industry) (11:01): It has been quite amusing watching the Manager of Opposition Business doing the oldest trick in the book when there is a leadership challenge on in the Labor Party, trying to get his backbenchers into the chamber so they are not in their offices to take calls from Anthony Albanese. We all know that is what is going on here this morning. Anthony Albanese was on FIVEaa radio this morning with me on our regular radio catch-up. He was asked twice by the radio presenters—and once by me, to be fair—to rule out challenging Bill Shorten, the Leader of the Opposition, and he refused to do so. We have seen the member for Grayndler continuing his high profile in the press. This week of course he stood up to the member for Maribyrnong over the xenophobic television ad run by the Labor Party. He fired the starter gun on the challenge, and the Manager of Opposition Business has had his backbenchers in here this morning. Ms Macklin: Point of order. The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Mr Craig Kelly ): I would ask the minister to resume his seat for a second. The member for Jagajaga has a point of order? Ms Macklin: Thank you. That is exactly right. As the minister knows full well, he needs to actually speak to the motion, which he is not doing. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member for Jagajaga will resume her seat. Mr PYNE: I am just having a small preamble. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Of course, Minister. A brief preamble is allowed. Mr PYNE: I see the member for Bass has been sent in here so that he does not get a phone call from Anthony Albanese, who is ringing around. Ms Macklin: Point of order: the preamble is over. Mr PYNE: I am about to get to the substance here. I am about to get to the substance. You cannot bear it. You know it is true. Ms Macklin interjecting— The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order. The minister has the call. Ms Macklin interjecting— Mr PYNE: You're a Grayndler supporter. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member for Jagajaga will resume her seat. The minister is of course allowed a preamble. Mr PYNE: A very brief preamble, Mr Deputy Speaker. Of course the government would like to get on with things that I thought the Labor Party were interested in. I thought they were interested in vulnerable workers, and that is the next bill that we are supposed to be debating here today—protections for vulnerable workers. But Labor does not want to talk about that. They would rather this ridiculous distraction. We want to know what the Leader of the Opposition's position is on the corrupting benefits legislation as well. We want to get to the corrupting benefits legislation because the Leader of the Opposition is yet to say what his position is on the corrupting benefits legislation. So we will draw a curtain on this amusing pantomime from the Labor Party this morning. I move: That the motion be put. The SPEAKER: The question is that the motion be put.