Mr JOYCE (New England—Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources) (15:24): I thank the honourable member for his question. And, might I say, what a great program the inland rail is, and I understand all the horticultural production in your area and the great assistance all those containers will be—200,000 container a year that will be able to be moved on the inland rail, the great commerce that will be moved to the western districts, that great vision for the nation that has been provided for us by a government that can actually put the money on the table for this. We will see the growth in places such as Goondiwindi, Parkes, Moree, Narrabri and Wodonga. We will see the benefit to Brisbane and the benefit to Melbourne. We will see this because we are a government of vision, a government that delivers. You rightly asked the question about whether there are any alternative policies. Well, who would know? See, the shadow minister for transport is not allowed to speak in this place. The shadow minister for transport is now politically mute. He has got himself a new tie and a new suit, but he cannot speak. I think they must have put an embargo on him. The poor old shadow minister for transport is being stopped from speaking his mind. We had a look at it the other day and we said that Mr Shorten was a bit worried about Mr Shorten's Praetorian Guard of supporters— The SPEAKER: The Deputy Prime Minister will refer to members by their correct titles. Mr JOYCE: Okay: the member for Maribyrnong is now being protected by a Praetorian Guard. Now, you have to be a bit careful of Praetorian Guards. Praetorian Guards can be a bit dangerous. Caligula got knocked off by his Praetorian Guard; they put in Claudius. So did Commodus, so did Caracalla, so did Pupienus and so did Elagabalus. So, you have to be bit careful of your Praetorian Guards. I checked out who his Praetorian Guard is. Well, the 2IC of his Praetorian Guard is the member for Sydney, so we had a bit of look— Opposition members interjecting— Mr JOYCE: He speaks! Government members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Members on my right! The Deputy Prime Minister will resume his seat. The member for Grayndler on a point of order. Mr Albanese: The question was about inland rail, agriculture and freight. Given that the rail line does not go to the port but stops 84 kilometres short— The SPEAKER: The member for Grayndler will come to his question. Mr Albanese: he might want to address that. The SPEAKER: Just before I call the Deputy Prime Minister, I do point out that the question asked a number of things. He is comparing and contrasting, but he is moving into territory that the question did not ask. Mr JOYCE: We looked for the alternative policies, and the 2IC of the Praetorian Guard said—talking about a leak—that the fact that a friendly conversation between colleagues with different views makes it to the paper shows how little we talk about what happens in shadow cabinet. Now, I believe that if something makes it into the paper it probably says that you are talking about what is happening in shadow cabinet. But I would have a look through his Praetorian Guard. The member for Watson is in the Praetorian Guard. No worries there; he is polling at eight per cent. The member for McMahon—ditto. But then I saw that Senator Sam Dastyari is in his Praetorian Guard—uh-oh! Be careful of that one. He reminds me of Emperor Pertinax. You know what happened to him: they sold off his emperorship. I reckon, mate, if you have a Praetorian Guard, you need a Praetorian Guard. (Time expired) Mr Turnbull: I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.