Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance and Vice-President of the Executive Council) (14:01): I can confirm, as we have confirmed consistently for a very long time, that the final decisions in relation to successful projects were made by Senator McKenzie as the minister for sport. Indeed, Senator McKenzie ensured that there was a fairer distribution of the available funds to projects around Australia, including by making sure that a larger— Senator Wong: On a point of order of direct relevance. This goes to a very important question of the proportion of projects rejected and also an important question as to timing—the Prime Minister obtaining the brief the day prior to calling the federal election. I would ask the minister to be directly relevant to those questions. The PRESIDENT: You've reminded the minister of the question. I'm listening very carefully to his answer. He has 34 seconds remaining. Senator CORMANN: I am being directly relevant, because I am confirming the fact that the decision-maker was Minister McKenzie and the decision was made a week before the election was called. Of course, subsequently, as you would expect, there were communications to ensure that announcement arrangements were put in place, as appropriate. The PRESIDENT: Senator Green, a final supplementary question?