Mr REPACHOLI (Hunter) (13:53) 

It's been just over a week since our record-breaking Olympic team returned home from Paris with a hefty excess baggage bill for all the medals they won—53 in total.

I fell just short of making my sixth Olympic Games this year, but I brought some medals to parliament for those opposite to recognise their performances over the last few sitting weeks.

The first gold medal is for diving. I award that to the Leader of the Opposition for diving for cover when he gets asked to explain his nuclear costings.

Then we go on to the well-done Angus, the member for Hume, who gets the gold medal for running. He's running away from his responsibility to propose even a single cost-of-living policy. It's a marathon effort from him!

Then there is the member for Farrer. She gets a gold medal for the best backflips on tax cuts. First, she won't support them, then she will support them and then she wants to have an election on them. Simone Biles would have some stiff competition here!

Finally, there is a new gold medal for the member for Fairfax in the brand new sport of sheer audacity. He gets the gold medal for conveniently forgetting that his party forgot to vote against energy bill relief.

Well done to those members opposite! I was looking forward to hosting a medal presentation in the Hunter for you, but every time you sneak in you just want to talk to your faithful and never let me know you're in the Hunter. If you guys want to come and get your medals today, come on over at question time and we'll pass them over.