Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler—Prime Minister) (14:14): I'll make four points. The first point is, you're quite right, that, within this chamber, leaders and ministers can't be asked about decisions to be made by political parties. The question clearly went to that. I refer to previous answers made by prime ministers, ministers and leaders of political parties that those decisions are a matter for the political parties. The second point I make is to refer to your comments about the concern about some of the language in the question. I just refer to Director-General of ASIO Mike Burgess's comments about turning the heat down wherever possible. We all have a responsibility to do that. I think that it is in Australia's interests that that occur. I say that consistently. The third point I make is on the reasons why there are currently four members of the Greens political party in the House of Representatives. In the member for Melbourne's case, he is there directly because the Liberal Party gave preferences to Adam Bandt, which, upon Lindsay Tanner's retirement as the member for Melbourne, saw Adam Bandt elected, and he has continued to serve since. Mr Caldwell interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Fadden is warned. Mr ALBANESE: As for the other three— Mr Howarth interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order, Member for Petrie! You've just got to get through this answer. Mr ALBANESE: Of course, in Queensland, the Queensland LNP made a decision to put the Queensland Greens into the Queensland parliament by giving them preferences and getting them elected. The fourth point is that I joined, at a very young age, a major political party that sought to be a party of government, the Australian Labor Party—a party that I have supported since I came out of the womb. It's a party that seeks to make a difference because, like many of us on this side of the House, being Labor, making a difference and standing up for fairness and equity is something that we were raised with from a very early age, whether it be from our parents or from the Josephite nuns, for that matter. The final point that I will make— Mr Hawke: Time's up! The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Mitchell is warned. We had this debate yesterday about the time. I don't think we want to go back in time.