Senator COLBECK (Tasmania—Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians and Minister for Youth and Sport) (14:41): I thank the senator for the question. The member for Nicholls arranged for the Deputy Prime Minister to visit the Murchison community on 31 October for discussions on the DP Jones Aged Care facility and those discussions have continued since then. The circumstances surrounding DP Jones nursing home in Murchison are quite unique and as a result require a tailored solution. That is why we negotiated a tailored solution for a longer period of administration. The circumstances in the community of Murchison were quite unfortunate, with the DP Jones facility having a number of connections to other community organisations. There was a strong desire and interest from members of the aged care community to consider a takeover of— The PRESIDENT: Senator Kitching on a point of order? Senator Kitching: On relevance. My question was around representations—did the Prime Minister or his office make representations to the minister? Why was the grant finalised so quickly? This is not relevant. The PRESIDENT: I'm listening carefully to the minister. I was speaking to the managers then about order of questions. I missed his last contribution. I will continue to listen carefully. It is also in order for the minister to address the quotations and assertions at the start of the question. That is also in order and being directly relevant. I will listen to it very carefully. Senator COLBECK: The government had provided some assistance to the administrator to extend the period of administration in an attempt to find an alternative provider to take over the facilities of DP Jones. We were coming to the end of that process, and there were still some discussions we wanted to continue with respect to that. The decision was made to provide additional resources to extend the period of administration so that the negotiations with prospective providers could be undertaken. The PRESIDENT: Senator Kitching, a supplementary question?