Mr JOHN ROBERTSON: My question is directed to the Premier. Given that the power index has named Nick Greiner ahead of the Premier as the most powerful figure in New South Wales—

Mr Andrew Stoner: It doesn't name you at all.

Mr JOHN ROBERTSON: You are not there either, mate. Unlike you, I'm not offended.

The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition may ask his question again.

Mr JOHN ROBERTSON: My question is directed to the Premier. Given that the power index has named Nick Greiner ahead of the Premier as the most powerful figure in New South Wales, why will he not require him to appear before budget estimates next week?

Mr BARRY O'FARRELL: Madam Speaker and Clerk Emeritus, we need no greater example that Labor has not learned the lesson of the last election than that question. For them, it is all about power. For us, it is all about the public interest. Wherever I rate on any list across this State, for as long as I am in this job I will be driven by the public interest. That is why we are getting on with the job. We are fixing our infrastructure. We have set up Infrastructure NSW with a board—

Ms Linda Burney: With Nick Greiner chairing it.

Mr BARRY O'FARRELL: The member for Canterbury should let me answer the question. I was about to say that. I say to the member for Canterbury what I said to schoolchildren last week: The best lesson in life is to put the brain into gear before opening the mouth.

The SPEAKER: Order! The Premier will return to the leave of the question. The member for Canterbury will come to order.

Mr BARRY O'FARRELL: The second-best tip I give to students is to not interrupt others when they are talking unless they say "excuse me". One of the problems we are tackling is to deliver infrastructure—roads, rail, hospitals, schools, ports—that this State deserves so we have jobs and a strong economy and the opportunities that go with it. We established Infrastructure NSW, headed by Paul Broad as chief executive officer. The board comprises both the public and private sectors and is chaired by Nick Greiner, a former Premier of this State.

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Wollongong will come to order.

Mr BARRY O'FARRELL: In their latest stunt those opposite seek to have a chair of a body come along to estimates hearings. To the best of my knowledge it has never been done before. The former Premier is making the point that these are budget estimates. The board of Infrastructure NSW has nothing to do with the budget process. In fact, it is role of the Treasurer and Government. Paul Broad, who is the chief executive officer, will be available if he is required. But we will not drag chairs of boards to estimates hearings.

The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition will come to order.

Mr BARRY O'FARRELL: We will front up to estimates committee hearings. Unlike those opposite, we are running a responsible Government. My Ministers will front up to estimates committee hearings. We will take questions and we will answer them.

The SPEAKER: Order! I call the Leader of the Opposition to order. The member for Monaro will come to order.

Mr BARRY O'FARRELL: All I know about the power index is that the Leader of the Opposition did not make it. The Leader of the Opposition is one of the few people in the world who has traded one job that did make it with another that did not. When he ran Unions NSW the unions ran government in this State. As I have said time and again, the unions may still run the Labor Party but they no longer run government in this State. We will run the estimates hearings as they have been run in the past.