Mr GARRETT (Kingsford Smith—Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth) (14:44): I thank the member for Robertson for her question. Mr Pyne: Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise on a point of order. There seems to be some sloppiness creeping into the government's supplementary questions. How can the minister be asked a question about state government responsibilities, which are not within his portfolio? How could that be within his portfolio responsibilities? At least the initial question had an obeisance to the federal government responsibilities. The supplementary bore no relationship— The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms AE Burke ): The question was in order. The minister has the call. Mr GARRETT: The member for Robertson takes a very keen interest in the schools in her electorate. In the Diocese of Broken Bay, impact on non-government schools, particularly on those smaller non-government schools that provide important education in her electorate, will be felt hardly. This Labor government has provided to the member for Robertson in her electorate $80 million in 97 projects benefiting 45 schools—seven libraries, eight multipurpose halls, 30 classrooms, 9,000 computers. I mean, that is the difference. When the shadow minister, who takes no interest in education whatsoever, tries to take a point of order— Mr Pyne interjecting— The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! The member for Sturt is warned! Mr GARRETT: he might like to try and explain why it is in the member for Robertson's electorate and in his own electorate as well, that every bit of significant additional investment that has gone into the schools has come from this Labor government. They are the facts. That is what we are dealing with today. The member for Robertson can see the benefits in her electorate and she knows—as do I, as do members on this side—that, as we look at the way in which the New South Wales government is visiting savage cuts on education right across the state, those cuts will be felt in her electorate as well. Finally, for a shadow opposition minister who thinks it would be a good idea to sack one in seven teachers, the Liberal Party's commitment to education has never been better said. Mr Pyne interjecting— The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member for Sturt will withdraw. He knows he has other forms of the House in which he can air his grievance. Mr Pyne: I seek leave to make a personal explanation. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Indeed, the member for Sturt can make a personal explanation at his earliest convenience but I would say that perhaps it would be a bad precedent to set during question time. I will allow him the opportunity to do that at the end of question time. The member for Goldstein has the call. Government members interjecting— The DEPUTY SPEAKER: My apologies; I ask the member to withdraw. Mr Pyne: I withdraw.