Michael Sukkar then asks the same question Peter Dutton and Sussan Ley have been asking all question time. That sound you hear is my eye twitch taking over my brain.

Sukkar:

When was the Prime Minister first informed of the planned mass casualty terror attack against Sydney’s Jewish community?

Anthony Albanese:

“As I said before, it sounds pretty similar to previous questions. You can be – before the Australian Federal Police, ASIO and our security intelligence agencies in peopling people safe or you can be for playing politics.”

There is a point of order on relevance. We are 17 seconds in. Good Dolly.

Albanese continues:

“I was asked a question about the police and agencies and I was speaking about the police and agencies. I am for them. We on this side are for them. Simple as that. We have confidence in them to do their work and we will back them in doing their job. That is what we will do. Continuing to engage information that is made public, they make decisions about, for example, on the day of the Maroubra child care incident, the AFP made it clear that it was their view that people were being paid to engage in some of this anti-Semitic actions. If people are being paid, who are criminals, maybe it’s a good idea to use intelligence to find out who is paying them. Maybe that’s the priority, not this political game-playing.

Those opposite, on a day in which we have announced $1.7 billion of additional health funding, they can’t ask any questions about health. They can’t ask any questions about education or TAFE, on a day in which the parliament has passed free TAFE. They can’t ask any questions about cost of living, even though they say that’s the number one priority because the only policy they have is free lunches. That is why they’re reduced to criticising and undermining the work of our police and our security agencies.”