Ms GILLARD (Lalor—Prime Minister) (14:09): I say to the Leader of the Opposition I cannot believe that he is so reckless, so negative and so incompetent that he has failed to absorb any of the detail of the last budget. We know, of course, that he is bored by economics. We know that he is incapable of adding up budget figures, because every time he has tried to do so he has produced a black hole. But this question indicates that he is completely unaware of the measures in the recent budget. I am disgusted by that. It shows complete contempt for the need to keep the economy strong. It shows complete contempt for the need to get job opportunities for working Australians. It shows complete contempt for the measures we have enacted to assist them with cost of living. It shows complete contempt for people who rely on education and health services. So let me again go to matters dealt with in the— Mr Abbott: Mr Speaker, a point of order, reluctantly, but the question that I asked was whether it has all been worth it, and she should answer that question. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition acknowledges that there was a preamble before those words and, whilst the relevancy rule has been ratcheted to direct relevance, as I indicated, leeway is given either way. I have said before that, if I am to allow the questions, I will allow the leeway in the answer. Ms GILLARD: To the Leader of the Opposition's question, the Leader of the Opposition has asked me about matters I have done as Prime Minister and I am answering them. I am pointing out to him what was done in the recent budget. Because he is so negative he clearly never bothered to read it. Let us go through the recent budget— Mr Dutton interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Dickson is warned. Ms GILLARD: a budget coming to surplus in 2012-13 as promised. If the Leader of the Opposition had his way, the cost of his negativity would be a huge deficit. A skills package delivered $3 billion in skills to get Australians the benefits of opportunity around the country. The cost of the Leader of the Opposition's negativity is he wants to rip money out of apprenticeships and out of skills. The recent budget invested more than $2 billion in mental health—something that you can only do if you balance the government's budget, not create a black hole. The cost of the Leader of the Opposition's negativity would be a black hole which means initiatives like mental health initiatives could not be funded. Better help for families with teenagers was in the recent budget—something that the Leader of the Opposition has never shown any care or concern about. School uniforms were in the education tax refund in the recent budget—something that the Leader of the Opposition has never shown any care or concern about. The childcare tax rebate was moved to fortnightly payments to assist working families with the costs of paying for child care, a better circumstance than ever provided when the Leader of the Opposition was a cabinet minister. Low-income Australians get the benefit of the low income tax offset being brought forward. We care about the circumstances of low-income Australians. The Leader of the Opposition cares only about his negativity. And, of course, we earlier this year delivered a healthcare agreement, which means more doctors, more nurses, more local control and less waste. We have delivered the package which will enable Queensland to be rebuilt while we pay as we go. That is something that the Leader of the Opposition opposed and then he produced a package which fell apart within days. We have delivered the structural separation of Telstra, reform above and beyond anything the Howard government was capable of. The NBN continues to roll out, including with today's announcement. And the list goes on. I can tell from the look on the Leader of the Opposition's face that he will never be interested in positive plans for the nation's future. He will never be interested in the benefits being provided to working families. The only thing he is interested in is negativity, and the problem for working families is that that comes at a cost to them. His negativity comes at a cost to them. We will let him play the silly political games he is going to play today and we will get on with the job of helping families around the nation. (Time expired)