Minister for Lands and Property

Mr STEPHEN KAMPER ( Rockdale—Minister for Lands and Property, Minister for Multiculturalism, Minister for Sport, and Minister for Jobs and Tourism) (11:09:48): I thank the member for Vaucluse for her great question. I know it has come straight from her leader in the upper House, Mark Latham, who is the greatest fiction writer that ever existed in Parliament. He is a One Nation reject, but he is not rejected by Opposition members. He runs their party. It is an absolute disgrace that they stand by him. I would have thought you are better than that, Kellie.

The SPEAKER: Members will come to order.

Ms Kellie Sloane: Point of order—

The SPEAKER: The Minister will resume his seat. I will hear the point of order.

Ms Kellie Sloane: It is taken under Standing Order 129, direct relevance. The question is, "When did the Minister first make a declaration?"

Mr Ron Hoenig: To the point of order—

The SPEAKER: I understand that the Minister is champing at the bit to answer the question, but I will hear the point of order from the Leader of the House. Members will come to order. I call the member for Upper Hunter to order for the first time.

Mr Ron Hoenig: If the Opposition leader wants to ask a question relating to the integrity and credibility of the Minister, then the credibility of the question, its source, and their own credibility become directly relevant to any answer that the Minister proposes to give.

The SPEAKER: The Minister's comments were introductory and in order. I expect the Minister is able to answer the question.

Mr Adam Crouch: Point of order: I ask that the Minister refer to the member for Vaucluse by her electorate.

The SPEAKER: I uphold the point of order. The Minister has the call.

Mr STEPHEN KAMPER: I have properly made all my declarations as required. If members opposite are relying on Mark Latham's stories and crap, of course they will ask these questions. I thought they were a more sophisticated outfit. Obviously, they are not. They should all be ashamed of themselves.

The SPEAKER: Members will come to order. I call the member for Davidson to order for the first time. I remind the member for Upper Hunter that he is on one call to order.