Mr MORRISON (Cook—Prime Minister and Minister for the Public Service) (14:00): On the night of the election I thanked all those Australians who go about their lives honestly, decently, with their aspirations. They're the Australians that our government spoke directly to. Those Australians endorsed the agenda, the objectives and the work program of this government. That program was to ensure that we kept our economy strong to guarantee the essential services that Australians rely on. Those Australians have grown completely tired of the games that are played in Canberra and the confected drama that the Leader of the Opposition has spent a career in politics pursuing. This is a Leader of the Opposition who's more interested in the drama and theatre of politics in Canberra than he is— Ms Catherine King interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Ballarat will cease interjecting. The Leader of the Opposition, on a point of order. Mr Albanese: It goes to relevance. The question I asked was about the ramming through this parliament, without a single word of debate, without one— The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition well knows he mentioned a number of things in the question, including a very wide-ranging question in the final sentence. The Prime Minister is in order. Mr MORRISON: What those Australians and their decent and honest aspirations wanted was a government that backs them in, believes in them and isn't going to engage in the tawdry political games and the toing and froing in this place. This is a Leader of the Opposition who has spent his political career focused on the bubble of this place, not on the issues of economic management and national security. Mr Dreyfus interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Isaacs is warned. Mr MORRISON: He spent a couple of months on the NSC and the ERC in government— Mr Albanese interjecting— Mr MORRISON: I did not say that at all. I said the Leader of the Opposition did not spend any time on an ERC that produced a budget, and he didn't. He spent a couple of months there, and he has shown himself interested only in the tawdry drama of Canberra, not in the hard work of policy which guarantees a strong economy, which ensures we can protect national security. We saw this yesterday in this parliament, where once again, under the direction of the Leader of the Opposition—he said, 'Vote again to keep our borders soft.' That's what the Leader of the Opposition stands for. The Leader of the Opposition, at the last election, did not get the message from the Australians he speaks about. They said no to the $387 billion of higher taxes, but he continues to keep them. They said no to Labor's lax policy on border protection; he has decided to keep it. There is no difference between this Leader of the Opposition and the former one. They are birds of the same feather. They cannot manage money and they cannot protect national security, and the Australian people know it. Mr Conroy interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Petrie, on a point of order? Mr Howarth: Just on reflecting on members. The member for Shortland should withdraw the comments he made about the Prime Minister then. The SPEAKER: I ask the member for Shortland whether he made an unparliamentary remark. Mr Conroy interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Shortland, having acknowledged he did, will withdraw. Mr Conroy: I withdraw calling the Prime Minister a liar. The SPEAKER: The member for Shortland will leave under standing order 94(a). The member for Shortland then left the chamber.