Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler—Prime Minister) (14:42): That question and the reframing of it says more about the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and her character than anything else. Just like we saw on the weekend, the Leader of the Opposition go from a so-called policy announcement—that we know now was actually a mistake that led to them change their position—into a full-scale personal attack. Honourable members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! We're going to do this in an orderly manner. We don't need comments continually at the Chair. The House comes to order and then we'll hear from the Manager of Opposition Business on a point of order. Mr Fletcher: On relevance. It was a very tight question about inflation and the Prime Minister's leadership, and the Prime Minister does not have licence to engage in a wideranging trawl over other matters. He should be directed back to the question. Mr Burke: Mr Speaker, I refer you to the multiple rulings by Speaker Smith, where he made clear that if he was letting a question through that was borderline in any way that the rules of relevance were wide open. That ruling was made repeatedly by Tony Smith when he was in the Speaker's chair. This question is exactly in line with all of those precedents. The SPEAKER: I have a series of precedents and decisions by former speakers here. The issue I have with this question is that it wasn't a tight question. It was a very broad question revolving around a whole range of issues regarding the Prime Minister's leadership. If you're going to ask a broad question about someone's leadership and the decisions that they make, and you frame in with a range of topics, of course the Prime Minister is going to be pretty broad in their answer. This is not a question that we've had before about a fact, or a figure, or a yes, or a no. It was a broad statement raising a number of issues. So if we're going to have these types of questions—just as has happened in previous parliaments, including the immediate parliament before this one, where I was a member—you're going to have a very broad answer. The Prime Minister has the call. Mr ALBANESE: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I'm asked a question about leadership and I'm happy to answer a question about leadership. We know that, for the Leader of the Opposition, any endorsement is the kiss of death. In the pre-selection for the Queensland LNP Senate ticket, he endorsed sitting senator, Gerard Rennick. He wrote a letter of support asking people 'to support Gerard as part of my team'. Rennick is now suing the LNP and Peter Dutton, claiming the party is run in an unprofessional manner. The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister will use correct terms. Mr ALBANESE: He did better. In a three-man race to replace Marise Payne, he backed two of the three horses. They were Zed Seselja and Andrew Constance—not one but two. He put written endorsements in for Zed: 'I have no doubt that if he is re-elected to parliament, Zed will again play a senior role within the coalition.' For Andrew Constance, he said, 'Having been a senior cabinet minister, Andrew has a wealth of policymaking experience.' Well, guess what? He backed two horses in a three-horse race, and the third horse won. The third horse won with Dave Sharma. Then he endorsed Hollie Hughes, but the shadow Treasurer had something else in mind. The shadow Treasurer was out there, helping to knock off one of his own cabinet— Mr Sukkar interjecting— Mr Pasin interjecting— Mr Taylor interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister will pause. The member for Deakin will cease interjecting. The member for Barker will cease interjecting. The member for Hume, if you keep going, I won't hear from the Leader of the Opposition. The Leader of the Opposition, on a point of order. Mr Dutton: It's on relevance. Australians really are hurting under this government at the moment, and we're talking about— The SPEAKER: Resume your seat. We've had a point of order on relevance already. Before the Prime Minister continues, can everyone take their seats. That will help. One point of order under the standing orders is able to be taken under 'relevance'. Because of the Leader of the Opposition's position, he's always given the call for a point of order. So that point of order has been taken. We've got 23 seconds to go. I will ask the Prime Minister to return to the question so we can move forward through the rest of question time. Mr ALBANESE: I was talking about leadership. Hollie Hughes: oblivion. Anne Ruston: knocked off the top of the ticket by Alex Antic, even though she's a senior shadow minister. And, of course, there's the member for Moore up there, who also got his endorsement and lost a ballot 137 to 39.