Mr MARLES (Corio—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:31): My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister explain how his entire office found time to attend a marketing seminar run by ad man Russel Howcroft on a catastrophic fire day in December? Why did the Prime Minister organise a meeting with Russel from marketing but refused to meet with the 23 former fire chiefs who were pleading for the government to take this bushfire season seriously?