Mr MORRISON (Cook—Prime Minister and Minister for the Public Service) (14:28): The only reference I could make to the Leader of the Opposition's investigative capacity would be as Inspector Clouseau. Mr Dreyfus: Answer the question. The SPEAKER: The member for Isaacs has been warned. Mr MORRISON: I'm going to leave the matters of pursuing these issues to the New South Wales Police. I will speak directly to the New South Wales Police, I will consider the information they provide me about this matter and I will exercise my responsibilities under the standards once I have had the opportunity to have those discussions. What I won't do is engage in the breathlessness of the Leader of the Opposition. I won't engage in that. I calmly consider my responsibilities. I soberly consider serious matters. I don't rush to the judgement of the Leader of the Opposition. And I know why this is happening today, because in the other place we are dealing with the ensuring integrity bill. That's the bill they're dealing with over there, and the militant unionism that this mob over here want to engage in a protection racket. I was wondering what the collective noun was for a group of militant unionists. I think it's called a thuggery of unionists. It's that thuggery that this Leader of the Opposition wants to protect by not supporting the government's bill to ensure that union thugs— The SPEAKER: I'd just say to the Prime Minister— Mr MORRISON: are held to account. The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister— Mr MORRISON: This is a smokescreen, and he's running a protection racket for union thugs. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition? Mr Albanese: I would ask that the Prime Minister's last statement, where he made a very specific allegation against me, be withdrawn. The SPEAKER: I might have heard it slightly differently. If I didn't hear it correctly, I apologise. I don't want to put the Leader of the Opposition in a position where he has to repeat the remark. What I heard was something that's outlined in Practice pretty clearly, which was something fairly general. Mr Albanese: No, it was pointed at me. The SPEAKER: I can only go on what's said. I can't get into hand gestures and all the rest. The Leader of the Opposition? Mr Albanese: I'd invite you to ask the Prime Minister to do the right thing and show integrity and withdraw it. The SPEAKER: All I can do in this circumstance is say to a minister or a Prime Minister if they made an unparliamentary remark to withdraw it. As I said, if I'd heard that I would have acted straightaway. I thought it was a general observation that's covered in Practice.