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

My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, given the antisemitic conduct of the Greens political party and the Prime Minister's justified condemnation of them yesterday, will the Prime Minister rule out governing with the support of the Greens?

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

Once again, the form and content of the question is bordering on a hypothetical, but the Prime Minister is entitled—

Honourable members interjecting—

Order! Members on my left! Members on my right will cease interjecting.

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

I'm reminded of TheHitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and what the meaning of life is. In this case, the meaning of life is 78, which is how many members that we have over this side. We seek majority government. I said very clearly and consistently say—

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

The Leader of the Opposition on a point of order.

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

It is on relevance. That fact is that the Prime Minister was asked a very direct question. It's time to show the Australian people whether he's got a backbone.

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

We're 20 seconds into the answer. Just a reminder, for probably the 10th time this fortnight: extra statements should not be made in the point of order. The Prime Minister has the call.

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

He's very angry—the Leader of the Opposition. Perhaps he's angry because, one by one, there are people who were sitting there who go and are sitting up the back there. One by one, he loses people. He lost the member for Calare. He lost the member for Monash up there. He lost Senator Hughes last week. The one thing that people facing preselection in the Liberal Party hope for is that they don't get endorsed by this bloke. In the previous Senate preselection, there were three candidates and he endorsed two of them. The only one who got up was the one he didn't endorse, and now he sits in the Senate.

As the Australian Labor Party, we to govern by ourselves. We aren't part of a coalition. You are. The only coalition party here is the Liberal Party with the National Party, who, when they were last in government, refused to publish the deal between the Liberal Party and the National Party—having that tail wagging the Liberal Party dog. The Australian Labor Party proudly does not govern in coalition with any political party, nor will we in the future. Today, I was launching or asking our candidate in Sturt. I was there this morning in St Peter's, and over coming weeks, we'll be rolling out candidates who will take their place on the government benches—

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

The Prime Minister will return to the question.

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

after the election.