Mr HUNT (Flinders—Minister for Health and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and Cabinet) (14:57): These are very important questions, and they go to the reason we called the royal commission. As the Prime Minister indicated, he called the commission knowing that there would be stories that would shock Australians. I will give the context. The commission followed the Oakden tragedy—the crisis at a South Australian state-run facility—which led to some of the most shocking scenes in aged care and, indeed, institutional care in postwar Australian history. That was why the Prime Minister called it. In addition to the commission itself—and we urge the commission to continue its work and to go fearlessly on with its work; and I have to say that the commission has done that so far—as the Prime Minister said at the time, we will continue to get on with the job of regulating and safeguarding Australians whilst the commission carries out its work. That was why we appointed the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner. Janet Anderson is doing that role, and has been conducting inspections around the country. At the same time as the royal commission has been going on, she and her team have been conducting inspections and, where breaches have been found, calling out and highlighting any inadequacies. We did this for the very reason that we believe that every Australian in aged care deserves to be protected, deserves to be supported, and deserves to have their safety guarded each and every day. In addition to that, in relation to Earle Haven, the minister for aged care, Senator Colbeck, appointed Kate Carnell to conduct an inquiry. The Carnell inquiry is going on as we speak. I would also note that one of the proprietors, Mr Miller, failed to appear before an inquiry. I would urge Mr Miller to appear before all inquiries as soon as he is fit to do so. I have to say that there can be no excuse for any of the proprietors not to appear before the relevant inquiries, whether by the Queensland state parliament, the royal commission or the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner. So, my message to Mr Miller is: appear before the inquiry, fulfil your duty, explain your failures, apologise for your failures, and stand up and be counted for the failures on your watch in your time. That's why we've appointed Kate Carnell, that's why we've appointed Janet Anderson and that's why we've appointed a royal commission to do what no previous government has ever done before. The SPEAKER: Before I call the Leader of the Opposition, I might just deal with the confusion that's arising at this time in question time. I've tried to deal with it before. When the call allocates, as you all know, when the government's side doesn't jump, my responsibility is to call the person I think jumped first. In this case it was the Leader of the Opposition. I do need to make clear that the practice is— Mr Katter interjecting— The SPEAKER: It might pay the member for Kennedy to listen until I've finished. I listen to him a lot! In anticipation of this, I've got the Practice open at pages 502 and 503, and I'd ask people who are confused about this matter to familiarise themselves with it. It makes it very clear, with respect to independent questions, that the practice has been that they're asked in proportion to their numbers. That's certainly happening already, with that earlier question. Then, if one side doesn't jump, my responsibility is to allocate the call to the person I think jumped first. In this case it was the Leader of the Opposition. If it had not been, I'm making very clear, I would have called the Leader of the Opposition anyway, because page 502 of Practice makes clear that preference is given on the government side to the Prime Minister or the Deputy Prime Minister and on the opposition side to the Leader of the Opposition or the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. So, that's the practice that's there. I don't propose to deviate from it. The allocation of the call is something I do. It's not a ruling but the way, and that's also very clear.