Senator FIFIELD (Victoria—Manager of Government Business in the Senate and Minister for Communications and the Arts) (15:08): Thank you, Senator Steele-John, for your question. The government, as I'm sure do all colleagues in this place, takes abuse and neglect of people with disability extremely seriously. The government is engaging in substantial reform to improve the treatment of people with disability. There have been, as colleagues are aware, a number of inquiries that have looked at issues of abuse and neglect of people with disability at both a federal and a state level. As responsibility for specialist disability services shifts from the states and territories to a national system through the NDIS, the government has established new, significant and comprehensive safeguards in relation to abuse and neglect of people with disability. The government has committed $209 million to establish the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission— The PRESIDENT: Senator Steele-John, on a point of order? Senator Steele-John: My point of order goes to relevance. I've given him a minute. I'm aware of the safeguards you have established, Minister Fifield, and my question goes to the fact that, under those safeguards, there have been over a hundred cases reported— The PRESIDENT: Senator Steele-John, you're stretching the liberties of a point of order. Your point of order is on direct relevance. I will say that you are referring to the part of the question at the end. The minister is being directly relevant to the question asked, because he needs to be directly relevant to all or part of the question asked. I cannot instruct him on how to answer a question. There's an opportunity after question time for debate. Senator Fifield. Senator FIFIELD: Thank you, Mr President. The government has committed $209 million to establish the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, which commenced operation on 1 July 2018. The commission continues to provide the National Disability Abuse and Neglect Hotline. The royal commission to investigate the quality of care and safety provided in residential, home based aged-care services announced by the Prime Minister will complement the action the government is already taking to improve the treatment of people with disabilities. The establishment of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, in large part, forms the basis of the government's response to the Senate committee report into violence, abuse and neglect against people with disability in institutional and residential settings. The PRESIDENT: Senator Steele-John, a supplementary question.