Senator RUSTON (South Australia—Minister for Families and Social Services and Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (14:56): Senator Ayres, you do a disservice to this place and yourself by making a comment like that! The reality of this is that it was an absolutely unprecedented disaster and there have been hundreds and thousands of Australians who have been out there working on the fire front—our firefighters, our emergency service workers and our defence forces. They've been out there helping Australians— The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Wong on a point of order. Senator Wong: A point of order on direct relevance: could this minister not hide behind the goodness and courage of other Australians and respond to her 'happy and grateful' lecturing of Australians in this chamber? The PRESIDENT: Senator Wong! That is not a point of order. Senator Cormann? Senator Cormann: That was my point, and I would like to reflect on this. I think that on many occasions now, instead of raising a point of order, Senator Wong raises debating points. Obviously, that is disorderly. I think she should be called to order much quicker. The PRESIDENT: I'll take that submission. I was attempting to call Senator Wong to order on the point of order. On questions that are highly politically charged: the minister is entitled to address them in a manner that the minister sees fit. It is not appropriate to call a point of order for an answer someone doesn't like when there has been a politically charged question. Senator Ruston to continue. Senator RUSTON: Thank you very much. This just gives me the opportunity to update the Senate on some of the activities that have actually been undertaken as part of the bushfire recovery. Over $121 million has been paid to families and individuals, and over $155 million has been paid to 88,900 eligible individuals in disaster recovery payments and allowances. We've paid $5.2 million to 1,500 volunteer firefighters, and almost $300,000 has been paid to 23 applicants under the expansion of the Community Child Care Fund. (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Ayres, a final supplementary question?