Mr SHORTEN (Maribyrnong—Leader of the Opposition) (14:53): My question's to the Prime Minister. In the last financial year, the government spent more than $600 million of taxpayers' money on travel. Can the Prime Minister confirm that Minister Cormann abolished the government travel panel— Mr McCormack interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition will pause. The Deputy Prime Minister will cease bellowing. The Leader of the Opposition will begin his question again. Mr SHORTEN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question's to the Prime Minister. In the last financial year, this government spent more than $600 million of taxpayer money on travel. Can the Prime Minister confirm that Minister Cormann abolished the government travel panel and made it compulsory for all government travel to be booked through Helloworld companies, moved a senior public servant because Helloworld thought he was driving too hard a bargain and received thousands of dollars worth of free flights from Helloworld? Why hasn't the Prime Minister recalled Ambassador Hockey and sacked Minister Cormann? The SPEAKER: The Leader of the House. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Members on my left! The Manager of Opposition Business. Members will cease interjecting. I'm trying to hear the Manager of Opposition Business. Mr Burke: A point of order, Mr Speaker: there is a convention in this place that, when a question is asked about a minister being sacked, the Prime Minister is the person to answer that and defend their decision. The SPEAKER: We've been over this before. I can see the Manager of Opposition Business finds the issue frustrating but the Practice does make very clear that the Prime Minister can refer a question to any minister and that's longstanding practice. Even if members may think the Prime Minister is better placed to answer it, it doesn't alter the fact that he has that right, and that is a very long standing convention that's written up in the Practice. The Leader of the House has the call.