Shayne Neumann (Blair, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, I refer to the Children and Family Centre in Fitzroy Crossing—one of 38 centres across Australia that faces closure because of the Prime Minister's cuts to Indigenous services. Aboriginal leader June Oscar says that the Fitzroy community faces a crisis because of the centre's potential closure, stating: '… it impacts on our kids, the retention of staff jobs and service delivery'. Prime Minister, why should the Fitzroy community suffer because of your broken promises?

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I defy members opposite to justify this charge of broken promises.

Opposition Members:

Opposition members interjecting—

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

There will be silence on my left.

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Overall funding for Indigenous programs goes up. Overall funding for social services, for schools, for hospitals and for everything continues to increase—

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Jagajaga on a point of order.

Jenny Macklin (Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Families and Payments) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to table a page 185 that shows—

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member will resume her seat.

Ms Macklin interjecting—

The member for Jagajaga is warned. You know perfectly well that is not a point of order.

Ms Macklin interjecting—

The member for Jagajaga will leave the chamber under standing order 94(a).

The member for Jagajaga then left the chamber.

The member for Grayndler on a point of order.

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Jagajaga sought leave to table a document, entirely within the provision of standing orders, in response to a request from the Prime Minister.

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member will resume his seat. The member for Jagajaga was asked to leave, because when she was asked to resume her seat she did not do so. The Prime Minister has the call.

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

We are continuing to fund all of the major programs.

Opposition members interjecting—

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Parramatta will desist and so will the members for Lalor and Adelaide.

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

We are determined to ensure that we get the best possible value for our spending, and we are determined to ensure that our spending is sustainable over the long term. The problem with members opposite is that they are not interested in efficiency. They are only interested in spending. They are not interested in results. They are only interested, it seems, in bureaucracy. They are much better at building bureaucracy than they are at getting results on the ground. Our determination is to get results on the ground, and if that means re-casting programs and if it means over time directing funding—

Opposition members interjecting—

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Moreton is warned—

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

from services that are less effective towards services that are more effective, so be it.