Mr DREYFUS (Isaacs—Attorney-General and Cabinet Secretary) (14:31): I'm more than happy to add to the answer that has been given very competently by the Minister for Indigenous Australians. This question from the Leader of the Opposition shows entirely, puts on full display, his role as the leader of the misinformation and disinformation that is symptomatic of the 'no' campaign. He knows that the constitutional provision is extremely clear. He knows that the legal nonsense that he has repeated for month after month has been dismissed by the former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia Robert French and by the leading constitutional lawyer Bret Walker, who said of that sort of question that it was too silly for words. That is what we have heard repeatedly from this Leader of the Opposition, who will stop at nothing in his campaign of disinformation and misinformation. Mr Dutton: Mr Speaker, on a point of order— Mr DREYFUS: What have you got to say for yourself? The SPEAKER: Order! The Attorney-General will resume his seat. Opposition members interjecting — Mr Dreyfus interjecting — The SPEAKER: Has the Attorney-General concluded his answer? Mr DREYFUS: No. The SPEAKER: Thought so. I'll hear from the Leader of the Opposition on a point of order. Mr Dutton: The point of order is relevance. The contempt that this government shows for millions of Australians— Honour able members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! Resume your seat. I'm going to ask the House to resume order. The Attorney-General has 25 seconds remaining on his answer. Mr DREYFUS: As I was saying, this Leader of the Opposition is the leader of a misinformation and disinformation campaign. He knows it. He has misled the people of Australia repeatedly throughout this campaign, and he should be ashamed of himself. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Fairfax, the member for Riverina and the member for Gippsland—the trio—shall cease interjecting. I want to hear from the Leader of the House. Mr Burke: Mr Speaker, I'm rising to seek a withdrawal from the Leader of the Opposition. During that answer, I had the chance to go to the live minutes of the answer that had been given by the Minister for Indigenous Australians— Mr Dutton interjecting— Mr Burke: I'm raising a point of order. I'm seeking a withdrawal. Mr Dutton: Is this a question for you, Mr Speaker? The SPEAKER: Is it a question to me? Mr Burke: No. I'm raising a point of order to seek a withdrawal for disorderly conduct and for unparliamentary language. Honourable members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! Everyone will cease interjecting. The Leader of the House is not asking me a question. He would do that at the end of question time. He is asking for a statement to be withdrawn. I want to hear what he has to say. I couldn't hear what was happening. He's got the minutes. I just want to hear what he's saying. Mr Burke: The statement that I'm asking to have withdrawn is the claim in the previous question from the Leader of the Opposition that the Minister for Indigenous Australians had said that the parliament can override the provisions of the Constitution. I have gone through the live minutes. That was not said. To completely misrepresent in this House a member immediately in that way, when you know it is not true, you know you've said something that's— The S PEAKER: Order! Resume your seat. Mr Hamilton interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Groom will leave the chamber under 94(a). You were on a warning. The member for Groom then left the chamber. Mr Fletcher: Mr Speaker, that was very clearly an abuse of standing orders by the Leader of the House. There was no point of order. If he wants to ask you a question after question time, he's entitled to do that, but he's certainly not entitled to do what he just did. The SPEAKER: He is seeking for a statement to be withdrawn. I'll hear from him again. Mr Burke: Mr Speaker, this is misinformation on live TV. Everybody saw it. He knows it wasn't true. He should withdraw it. He knows it wasn't true, and he knew it when he said it. The SPEAKE R: Order! Resume your seat. The Leader of the Opposition on the point of order? Mr Dutton: Mr Speaker, to the point of order: it's very clear that this was an abuse of the standing orders. It was an opportunity— Government members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! Members on my right! Mr Dutton: Mr Speaker, you asked that people at the dispatch box be heard in quiet. Government members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! Members on my right! Mr Dutton: Stop the confected outrage, for goodness sake. It is unbecoming, even for you. Government members interjecting— Ms Plibersek interjecting— Ms Catherine King interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! Members on my right will cease interjecting. The minister for the environment will cease interjecting and so will the minister for infrastructure, to assist the House. Mr Dutton: Mr Speaker, I have watched this Leader of the House's confected outrage on many occasions. It's hard to imagine a more egregious example of it than today. The proper process to be followed here, if there is any substance to what the minister is putting to you, is that it be dealt with by way of questions to you as Speaker, at the end of question time. That is consistent with your ruling to us last week. The S PEAKER: Order! Resume your seat. I just want to be clear for everyone what the process is. There are questions to the Speaker around the administration of the House. The time to do that is at the end of question time. This was not about the administration of the House. The Leader of the House is seeking a withdrawal of a statement that the Leader of the Opposition made regarding a question. Mr Gosling interjecting— Mr Khalil interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Solomon and the member for Wills are now warned. This is not a laughing matter. The question did contain a statement. I'm not sure of whether that statement was accurate or not, but the Leader of the House has indicated that the minutes indicate that it's a different statement. But if I am to adjudicate on every question or every statement that is made regarding whether it's accurate or not—I'm not in a place to do that. But I just want to be clear: if people are asking questions, they're entitled to do so. I just ask them to be accurate and make sure they are not misleading in terms of any other statement that the member has made. I'm just going to move to the next question.