QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler—Prime Minister) (14:35): I thank the member for her question. Primarily it goes to: I knew about one; I didn't know about the other. I have a card from Royal Sydney, which I understand—I don't play golf—is a decent course.

I think it probably isn't a par 62 course, unlike Royal Marrickville—said tongue in cheek. I'm asked, of course, in the context of local community infrastructure projects, which— The SPEAKER: The manager, on a point of order. Mr Tehan: The question was very specific.

Why did you declare Royal Sydney Golf Club and not Marrickville Golf Club? Mr Albanese interjecting— Mr Tehan: No, you haven't said. Why did you declare one and not the other?

The SPEAKER: It was a specific question; I'll agree with the manager. I did listen, and I've got the transcript. The Prime Minister was giving reasons why that has occurred.

That is, in my opinion, a direct answer, as well as being directly relevant. The Prime Minister did talk about the declaration, so he will now continue. Mr ALBANESE: I knew about one; I didn't know about the other.

When I know about things, I declare them, including for Royal Sydney, which I got because of the election as Prime Minister—it's not in my local area—just as a whole lot of local clubs apparently give you things like honorary memberships way back, as I said yesterday, in 2012. I'm asked about local community infrastructure projects. It's interesting that they have raised projects about our election commitments from 2025.

I looked through the list of coalition election commitments from 2025, and there were over 1,000 projects, worth $1.2 billion. I look for anything in Grayndler, and, of the 1,000 projects, there wasn't a single one in the inner west—not one. Not surprising.

Mr Tehan: Speaker, the Prime Minister is defying your ruling and not staying relevant to the question. It was about declaration of interests. You can't go waffling on about anything else.

You've got to stay relevant to the question. Why did you do Royal Sydney and not your own golf club? The SPEAKER: To be fair, I just explained this.

I didn't make a ruling. The manager has raised his direct relevance point of order. We've dealt with that.

The Prime Minister has extra information regarding the question he was asked. He'll need to make his answer directly relevant to the question about the golf courses and the memberships that he was asked about. Mr ALBANESE: I certainly am.

I looked through all of the different sporting projects—more than 1,000 of them. The Parliamentary Budget Office goes on to say: 'Additional information (based on further advice provided): The proposal would also provide additional funding to bring the total to $1.6 billion over four years.' Mr Tehan: Once again, he is defying your ruling. This isn't about Royal Sydney Golf Club.

You're not addressing anything about Royal Sydney Golf Club. The SPEAKER: As I said, the Prime Minister can give the answer, as long as the answer is being— Mr Conroy interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Minister for Pacific Island Affairs is now warned as well. I ask everyone to cease and to lower the temperature.

The Prime Minister has got 56 seconds left, and I'll ask him to be directly relevant. Mr ALBANESE: When I looked through, there's not a single women's health centre. There are no shelters for women and kids escaping domestic violence.

The SPEAKER: The member for Chifley is warned. Manager? Mr Tehan: Speaker, you've asked the Prime Minister to stay directly relevant to the question.

Nothing he is talking about now is directly relevant to the question. It was about declaration of interests, and the Prime Minister— The SPEAKER: To be fair, the Prime Minister has directly dealt with that part of the question. You can't have it both ways.

You can't say, 'I want the answer,' get the answer, and then say, 'I want something else.' You've got to be consistent, here. If the Prime Minister has extra information that he wishes to add to the answer, he can do so, but he'll need to make the answer directly relevant. Mr ALBANESE: I certainly will do so.

As I've said, I declared the Royal Sydney membership because I received a card and I knew about it. I knew about it; that's why I declared it. I am very careful about declaring things.

I wonder where, of these thousand projects, some of which had dozens in particular seats—and I table the Parliamentary Budget Office ECR 2025 2369 that shows the full list of coalition election commitments made which would have had an impact on the budget of $157 million this financial year, $114 million next financial year— Mr Small: A lot less than what you did.

Mr ALBANESE: It was more than double.