Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Reports in the AFR show that the CFMMEU-run super fund Cbus, a super fund chaired by the current president of the ALP, spent $11.2 million of members' retirement savings on payments to the Labor Party and unions over the last five years. Why is the government in one of its first acts moving to hide these payments from hardworking Australians?

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I am asked by the shadow Treasurer a question about two things. One is about things being hidden. By the shadow Treasurer I am asked about things being hidden! Then there was a question about integrity from the shadow Treasurer! Sometimes when the tactics committee give you a question you should say, 'Maybe someone else should ask that question.' This is one of those times because, with regard to hiding information, what this political party that won 77 seats in the House of Representatives did before the election—

Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I have a point of order on relevance. The Prime Minister was asked about $11.2 million of members' retirement savings channelled to the ALP. The ALP president is the chair of the CFMMEU-run Cbus. The Prime Minister has conducted this personal attack but completely refuses to talk about these donations—

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition will resume his seat. The Prime Minister is 40 seconds in. I will ask him to return to the question and give him the call.

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I reject the assertion that's contained in the question. I reject the assertion completely. Once again, this is a slur against someone who was named, indeed, the world's greatest finance minister during the global financial crisis. The person who was Treasurer during the 30 years of consecutive economic growth that was created by the Hawke-Keating economic reforms and saw us through the global financial crisis is eminently qualified to chair a superannuation board, as he has done in very recent times.

Those opposite speak about accountability and transparency. The point is very simple: they ask about transparency. When it comes to the ABCC, we went to not just one election; we went to three elections saying that we would abolish the ABCC. I know that those opposite might find the idea unusual that you do what you said you would do during an election campaign—

and you receive a mandate for it from the Australian people to do it. That is precisely what we will do. We will go through our election commitments and we will tick them off one by one, because that is what governments of integrity do.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Groom is warned.

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

We won't take lectures on integrity from the shadow Treasurer. Other bodies will deal with him.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Manager of Opposition Business on a point of order.

Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Government Services and the Digital Economy) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It's a reflection on a member, Mr Speaker. Reflections on the integrity of the shadow Treasurer are quite out of order.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I didn't hear what the Prime Minister was saying because there was too much noise on my left. If you want me to rule and hear these points of order, I need to hear what the Prime Minister is saying. I have warned the member for Groom, and the member for Barker and other members are close to it. These questions will be heard in silence. There is too much noise in the chamber.