Senator FIFIELD (Victoria—Manager of Government Business in the Senate, Minister for Communications, Minister for the Arts and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Digital Government) (14:23): Thank you, Senator Bilyk, for that question. I can share with the senator something I am sure she will be delighted to know. In 2012-13 the Australian World Orchestra received $100,000 to support the orchestra's operational cost—and, if I am not mistaken, that might have been under the previous government. The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Senator Wong on a point of order. Senator Wong: My point of order goes to direct relevance. I know the minister wants to grasp for a grant of $100,000 or thereabouts to justify the millions of dollars that this minister allocated, but the question was about the millions of dollars that this minister, Senator Brandis, allocated to this organisation. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Wong. That was part 2 of the question. There were three parts to the question. The first part was: is this the third tranche? I think the minister is entitled to explain how many tranches there were. I do not know the details of the answer. I am just saying that the question was: is this the third tranche? You have a further point of order, Senator Wong? Senator Wong: Yes. Again, it goes to direct relevance. What you have just read out, Mr President, does not reflect the first part of the question. The question was: can the minister confirm this is at least the third tranche of funding for the orchestra under the former Minister for the Arts Senator Brandis? That is an entirely different proposition from the one the minister is answering. The PRESIDENT: I remind the minister of the question. Minister, you have 28 seconds in which to answer the question. Senator FIFIELD: I can confirm that this is the fourth tranche of money—the first tranche of money being allocated by the previous government. And what a good thing it is that there is broad support across the chamber— The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Senator Wong on a point of order. Senator Wong: Again, it goes to direct relevance. The question was: how many millions of dollars has been allocated to the orchestra since the coalition came to power and will the organisation continue to receive the same largesse under the new minister? Does the minister not think taxpayers are entitled to an answer to that question? The PRESIDENT: I remind the minister of the question. Minister, you have 14 seconds in which to answer. Senator FIFIELD: There is funding which has been allocated under this government and there is funding which has been allocated under the previous government. As I have indicated, it is several million dollars and I will seek the exact figure and come back to colleagues. (Time expired)