Mr TURNBULL (Wentworth—Prime Minister) (14:01): The AWU, supported by the honourable member, is doing everything it can to stop the Registered Organisations Commission from finding out whether the Leader of the Opposition paid $100,000 of AWU members' money to GetUp! without authorisation. That's what it's about. So the issue is this. Ms Butler interjecting— Ms Chesters interjecting— The SPEAKER: The members for Griffith and Bendigo are warned! Mr TURNBULL: The honourable member opposite is one of Her Majesty's counsel, learned in the law, and no doubt believes in the rule of law— Government members interjecting— Mr TURNBULL: No, he is! He is. He's a QC—he is. But he's a lawyer. As another great lawyer said, anyone can go to jail if they get the right lawyer! It's important to have the right one. But the member for Isaacs knows very well that it would be a very, very serious matter if a union paid $100,000 of its members' funds to GetUp! without authorisation. Imagine if— The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister will resume his seat. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Members on my left! The member for McMahon, the Manager of Opposition Business? Mr Bowen: A point of order on direct relevance, Mr Speaker: the Prime Minister has failed to refer to the person who is the subject of the question. The person who has been subpoenaed is Senator Cash. The SPEAKER: I thank the Manager of Opposition Business for his question, but the Prime Minister is referring to the policy substance of the question. I'll keep listening carefully. Mr TURNBULL: Thank you, Mr Speaker— Mr Bowen interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for McMahon is warned! Mr TURNBULL: Senator Cash is not a party to the proceedings. The suspected wrongdoing that is being investigated is the payment of $100,000 by the Leader of the Opposition to GetUp! If he did that with authority, all we need to see is the minutes of the executive committee meeting approving it, with an affidavit from the secretary saying it's a true and correct record—very simple. That's all that the Leader of the Opposition needs to provide. And, armed with such a great legal adviser as the member for Isaacs, the Leader of the Opposition would know this! So a reasonable person, observing the failure of the Leader of the Opposition to prove the payment was authorised and the determination of the union to stop the payment being investigated, could only assume— Mr Hill interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Bruce is warned! Mr TURNBULL: that the payment was not authorised. And that's the cover up, that's the wrong, that's the shameful act that the Labor Party and the member for Isaacs are trying to cover up and obfuscate.