Mr BOWEN (McMahon) (14:44): My question's to the Deputy Prime Minister. I refer to the Deputy Prime Minister's answer just now and his February statement advising first home buyers to find a cheaper house in Armidale. Is he aware of a video advertising an Armidale property which says, 'There's a tipping point in your professional life where you reach a level of success, and you go from making ends meet to enjoying the spoils of all your hard work'? Given that it's a matter of public record that the Deputy Prime Minister lives at this exact property rent-free, does the Deputy Prime Minister stand by his February statement? And can he advise— (Time expired) The SPEAKER: The member's time has concluded. There was no question that was asked. The member for McMahon? Mr Bowen: A point of order, if I could, with respect— The SPEAKER: No, you're not raising a point of order. Mr Bowen: because there was a question in there, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER: No. Mr Wood interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for La Trobe is warned. Mr Pyne interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Leader of the House will cease interjecting. I've told him on numerous occasions, notwithstanding his position. I'm trying to listen to points of order and the question. He makes it very difficult, particularly when he's in charge of asking me to rule the question out of order. The member for McMahon will repeat the first part of his question. Mr BOWEN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. I refer to his answer just now and his February statement advising first home buyers to find a cheaper house in Armidale. Is he aware of a video advertising an Armidale property which says, 'There's a tipping point in your professional life where you reach a level of success, and you go from making ends meet to enjoying the spoils of all your hard work'? Given that it's a matter of public record— The SPEAKER: The member for McMahon can resume his seat. I heard the last part of the question from there on, and there was a question at the end that he continued to ask once he'd run out of time. He's right: he's asking the Deputy Prime Minister whether he's aware of a video. It's his right to try to ask that question with respect to housing. I'm going to hear from the Leader of the House on the matter. Mr Pyne: The question of whether he's aware of a video in relation to housing really has nothing to do with his responsibilities in transport or infrastructure. Nor does it have to do with the wider issue of— Mr Albanese interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Grayndler is warned. Mr Pyne: the cost of housing in rural and regional areas. And, while I think your ruling on the previous question is correct, I think on this question the Labor Party is pressing a friendship, as they say, in relation to whether that question is in order. It is not only that the question of whether he's aware of a video is hardly within his responsibilities, but nor was there a question asked about his responsibilities. The SPEAKER: The difficulty—and the member for Cunningham can resume her seat; we're not going to have a separate conference on the matter. I'm prepared to hear from the Manager of Opposition Business, and I'm prepared to hear from the Leader of the House. We're not going to go into committee on this, for heaven's sake. The Leader of the House makes the point that it's not within the Deputy Prime Minister's responsibilities, and he's completely right. The problem, though, is that the previous question referred to a statement that had been made. And, on reflection, after having ruled that out of order, I thought I should allow it. This is a follow-up question relating to that statement, where the question's asked. It's not up to me to judge a view of the question but just whether it's in order. And I think that part of the question is in order, and of course it's completely within the standing orders in the Practice for the Deputy Prime Minister to answer it in whatever way he sees fit.