Ms GILLARD (Lalor—Prime Minister) (14:13): I thank the Leader of the Opposition for confirming that there is a stream of funds to assist charities. I hope that when he was out at the RSPCA today he explained to the RSPCA that there is that stream of funds available. I hope that he did not say to anybody at the RSPCA, or to anybody publicly through his media appearance, that there was no support available for charities or that the RSPCA was not eligible for support. I hope he did not mislead people when he was outside the parliament, given that he has now come into the parliament and confirmed that the government has made provision to assist the not-for-profit sector. To the Leader of the Opposition— Mr Abbott: Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise on a point of order. It was a simple question: why did almost 80 per cent of these charities miss out on funding? The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition will resume his seat. The Prime Minister is answering the question and has the call. Ms GILLARD: This is a fund to which people can make application before being assessed. The RSPCA did not make an application in the earlier round. I certainly encourage them to do so in the future and I thank the Leader of the Opposition for coming into this parliament and undermining today's media stunt by himself. In fact, his fear campaign is now getting so hollow he cannot even manage to believe it for two hours in a row.