Mr MORRISON (Cook—Prime Minister and Minister for the Public Service) (14:03): I'm sure the House won't be surprised that I don't accept the Leader of the Opposition's characterisation of these issues. What I can tell the House is that the government's response to the national bushfire emergency over this 'black summer' has been unprecedented with the compulsory call-out of the Defence Force reserves, which is the first time that that has occurred in response to a national disaster of this kind. In addition to that, we moved quickly to establish the National Bushfire Recovery Agency and to appoint Andrew Colvin, the former head of the Australian Federal Police. I thought those opposite supported these measures, but they come in here and, with the first question of the day, seek to politicise the bushfire response. I find that very disappointing, but I'm happy to inform the member that we not only provided additional support for aerial firefighting assets—that is, the water bombers—but also a further $20 million— The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister will resume his seat. The Leader of the Opposition, on a point of order? Mr Albanese: It goes to relevance. My question very specifically went to my correspondence in writing to the Prime Minister, in November, and his response— The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition will resume his seat. Mr Albanese: when he was still saying it was a state issue— The SPEAKER: No, the Leader of the Opposition will not debate the matter. The Leader of the Opposition will resume his seat. The question mentioned a number of things in the correspondence, and the Prime Minister is addressing the response to the bushfires. He is in order. He is entitled, in doing that, to mention other actions that have been taken. The Prime Minister is in order. Mr MORRISON: Thank you, Mr Speaker. We provided the additional funding for those water bombers and then we provided additional funding on top of that in response to the request from the fire chiefs, who had sought that additional support. They sought one extra. We provided four extra. Mr Albanese interjecting— Mr MORRISON: I note the constant interjecting from the Leader of the Opposition. He's been very chatty on this issue today. I would have thought he'd be supporting these measures. If he wants to politicise bushfires, that reflects more on him than it does on the government.