Ms O'NEIL (Hotham) (14:55): My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurer is responsible for financial services, including the big banks. Can the Assistant Treasurer confirm that, instead of cracking down on misconduct in the banking sector, he voted against a royal commission 26 times and he is now exploiting the victims of banking misconduct by using the royal commission as an opportunity to raise funds for the Liberal Party? The SPEAKER: The Leader of the House, on a point of order? Mr Pyne: I'm not sure why the latter half of that question is in order. It's also a very unfortunate slur and smear on the Assistant Treasurer. I would ask her to withdraw— Government members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Could the Leader of the House just pause for a second? I'm trying to hear the Leader of the House without those behind him interjecting. Mr Pyne: I think the phraseology of the member for Hotham should be withdrawn. It was a slur on the Assistant Treasurer. The second half of the question is not within the Assistant Treasurer's responsibilities and, therefore, is not in order. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: When I seek to hear from the Leader of the House and the Manager of Opposition Business, could I just say to those interjecting behind them that they really don't help the cause of the person at the despatch box who is seeking to make the point of order. The Manager of Opposition Business, on the point of order? Mr Burke: The questions go directly to the use of the minister's ministerial authority and the role that he has with financial services. They refer to him using that office, with respect to the royal commission, quite specifically for a fundraiser. This has also appeared online as an article— The SPEAKER: The Manager of Opposition Business won't introduce new material. We're just simply adjudicating on the question. It's not an opportunity— Mr Burke: Quite simply, what the question asks is whether or not he has used his ministerial authority in this way, instead of looking after the victims of the banks. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the House, further to the point of order? Mr Pyne: Firstly, that's not what the question asked, and now it is being changed by the Manager of Opposition Business. Secondly, the responsibility for the royal commission is in the portfolio of the Treasurer, not the Assistant Treasurer, and therefore the question is misdirected to the Assistant Treasurer. It should be answered, if at all, by the Treasurer. It's simply a political ruse and an attempt to smear the Assistant Treasurer. For that reason alone, it should be ruled out. The SPEAKER: I'm ready to rule on the matter, having listened to both the Leader of the House and the Manager of Opposition Business. I'm certainly not comfortable with the language that just makes assertions, as it did—I'm really not—and those on my left wouldn't be comfortable if that sort of language was directed back at them. That language shouldn't be in a question. The first part of the question is clearly in order, which was about whether the minister voted in a certain way. I'm going to allow the minister to address that part of it and caution future questions.