Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, Vice-President of the Executive Council, Minister for Arts and Attorney-General) (14:02): Far from that, Senator, it was your side of politics that cut $1.2 billion of funding from public schools in the PEFO. It was the Abbott government, Senator Carr, that restored that funding. You cut it; we restored it— Senator Moore: Mr President, I raise a point of order on direct relevance to the question asked. The minister is halfway through his response. It is a proposal to abandon public education by stopping federal funding, not a historical lesson. The PRESIDENT: I remind the minister that he has 34 seconds in which to answer the question. Senator BRANDIS: I can understand why the Labor Party does not want to be reminded of the history. Perhaps the Labor Party have heard a little bit too much about history on the ABC on the last two Tuesday nights; we all wait with bated breath for the climax of this particular drama tomorrow night. Notwithstanding that, Senator Moore, it does not lie in the mouth of those who surreptitiously cut $1.2 billion from public education— The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Senator Moore: Mr President, I raise a point of order. I know that the minister sat down, but the point of order was as to direct relevance; you drew his attention to the question; he went on and made no effort to come to the question. The PRESIDENT: I will allow the clock to go back to five seconds to when the point of order was first raised. Minister, you have five seconds in which to answer the question. You have concluded your response.