Senator COLBECK (Tasmania—Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians and Minister for Youth and Sport) (14:20): Senator Hanson was right when she yesterday that the government had no intention of privatising the aged-care assessment process. I've been saying that for a long time. The opposition can pass as many motions and make as many claims as they like, but it's not going to change the fact that the government has no intention, and never has had any intention, of privatising the ACAT process. I said yesterday, and I'll repeat today, that we will work closely with state governments to ensure that senior Australians— The PRESIDENT: Senator Keneally, on a point of order? Senator Keneally: My point of order is direct relevance. I have generously allowed the minister nearly half his time to answer the question. The question was very specific. It was not for the minister to elaborate on Senator Hanson's words but rather to clarify if that means that the tender will no longer be open to private sector organisations, as he previously said it would be. The PRESIDENT: You've reminded the minister of the question. I am listening carefully. In my view, he was talking about the tender process, but I can't instruct him how to answer the question. Senator COLBECK: We will continue to work very closely with state and territory governments to ensure that senior Australians get the assessment service that they need as they enter into the aged-care sector. As I said before, on average, for Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland this year, there has been an increase in waiting times of over 60 per cent on the previous six months. Of those, 354 were waiting in New South Wales. (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Keneally, a final supplementary question?