Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler—Prime Minister) (14:32): I thank the Deputy Leader of the Opposition for her question. But it was hard to see across there because there's this big elephant in this room. It's in the form of the legislation that the Treasurer just introduced at 12 o'clock— The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister will return to the question. Mr ALBANESE: legislation that will assist every taxpayer to get a tax cut. That is what we are focused on. The Leader of the Opposition— Honourable members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! The Prime Minister will pause. He has had 30 seconds or so dealing with the preamble, and I did call him to order to the question. He was about to answer something—I'm not sure what it was—but I will take— Mr Jones interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! The Assistant Treasurer is warned. The Leader of the Opposition on a point of order? Mr Dutton: Mr Speaker, it was a very simple question. Can we get a straight answer from this man ever? The SPEAKER: Resume your seat. I remind the Leader of the Opposition that he will get the call; he just needs to state the point of order, which was about relevance. An honourable member interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! The Prime Minister has the call. Mr ALBANESE: I did see a slight curling of the corner there. I thought it was going to come out, that smile we were promised. He asked about negative gearing. I'll quote what one of his team has had to say about that—the member for Menzies. Those opposite like talking about each other, so why not add to it—Nemesis episode 4: the Dutton years? Senator Maria Kovacic: We should not be afraid to consider tax changes, whether they be capping— The SPEAKER: Order! The Prime Minister will pause. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has already had one point of order on relevance, so she'll need to state the point of order when I give her the call, and she has the call now. Ms Ley: Mr Speaker, I seek your ruling: is the Prime Minister being relevant? The SPEAKER: Well, the Prime Minister was—that's not a point of order. It's not a point of order! It's the first day back— Government members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! Members on my right. The Minister for Climate Change and Energy and the Minister for Home Affairs! I want to hear from the Prime Minister, and I'm making sure that his answer is being relevant. Mr ALBANESE: I resisted talking about negative gearing and the member opposite! But Senator Kovacic said this: We should not be afraid to consider tax changes, whether they be capping the number of properties that can be negatively geared … That was in her first speech. You know, that's where you go along and you think, 'What do you really believe in?' There it is, just there, from September 2023. And then the member for Menzies had this to say about negative gearing: Every lever must be on the table. I'll tell you what we're doing about housing: we're focusing on supply. That's what we're doing: focusing on supply. We had a tax change in the budget to encourage build to rent. That was the tax change that we had in the budget. I'm not sure if they noticed it, because they were just too busy opposing everything—which is what they do. Except, maybe—I'm not quite sure what their position is on these tax cuts, because they're asking questions about everything but.