Mr COLEMAN (Banks) (14:44): My question is to the Minister for Housing, and it concerns her government's decision to abolish the Australian Building and Construction Commission. Master Builders Australia have told a Senate inquiry that the government's decision to abolish the ABCC will exacerbate supply-side pressures in the residential construction industry. How can the minister possibly deliver her promised one million new affordable homes when the government has declared war on the building industry? The SPEAKER: I'm going to hear from the Leader of the House. Mr Burke: I was going to answer the question. It's directed to me. It's an IR question. Opposition members interjecting— Mr Burke: Everything there turns on the abolition of the ABCC. Everything in the question turns on the abolition of the ABCC, and I've been trying to get a question from them. If you think Jim's having a hard time— Honourable members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the House will resume his seat. Order! The Manager of Opposition Business. Mr Fletcher: Mr Speaker, it was a question on housing to the Minister for Housing, and if the government doesn't believe that the Minister for Housing is up to answering the question then that raises some very serious questions. The SPEAKER: There is no point of order. The question was in two parts, about the ABCC. I give the call to the Leader of the House. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Leader of the House will resume his seat. I'll hear from the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Dutton: Mr Speaker, I'm sorry to be at odds with you, but, just in relation to your ruling, this question goes to, yes, the ABCC—that's a fair point. But the substance— Ms Catherine King interjecting — Mr Dutton: I'm being reasonable. But, Mr Speaker, the substance of the question goes— The SPEAKER: Order! The minister for infrastructure will cease interjecting. I want to hear from the Leader of the Opposition in silence. Mr Dutton: The substance of the question goes to: how can the minister—in direct reference to the Minister for Housing—possibly deliver her promised one million new affordable homes when this government has declared war on the building industry? It is not within the remit of the minister for industrial relations to have any capacity to answer that question, which has been directed deliberately to the Minister for Housing, and I don't believe that there could be a ruling to that effect. I'd ask you to reflect on what it is you've described. You might ask the Minister for Housing to provide an answer, and then perhaps the minister for industrial relations could mop it up—whatever it is. But it can't stand that she's not responsible for housing. The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition has made his point. The question is in two parts. I'll allow the minister to answer the first part and the leader if he wishes to address the second part.