Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate and Special Minister of State) (14:26): As I have indicated to Senator Xenophon during Senate estimates, the relevant procurement of relevant Defence assets is appropriately and entirely a matter for the Defence portfolio and for the Minister for Defence, my good friend and valued colleague Senator Payne. The government's naval shipbuilding plan, of course, and the record investment into our defence capability allocated in the 2016 defence white paper, do provide significant opportunities for ASC to gain further shipbuilding work into the future. But my role as the shareholder minister— The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Order, Minister. Senator Xenophon: Mr President, I rise on a point of order on relevance. A direct question was asked in relation to whether the first two OPVs will be built by ASC, as promised by Prime Minister Abbott. The PRESIDENT: The minister did, up-front in his answer, indicate that he has already informed you on a previous occasion that the matter would be best directed to the Minister for Defence, so I believe that he was being directly relevant to your answer. I will allow the minister to continue. Senator CORMANN: Senator Xenophon, in his primary question, actually pointed out that I am the sole shareholder minister for ASC. As such, I am the shareholder minister for one of the potential suppliers in relation to a range of procurements that the Defence portfolio is currently undertaking and will undertake into the future. As such, obviously my answers are provided in that context. (Time expired)