Senator COLBECK (Tasmania—Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians and Minister for Youth and Sport) (14:44): I thank Senator Urquhart for the question. As I said, the Australian government is responsible for the primary finding of residential aged care and its regulation. That is a clear statement and I agree with that in the context of the question. We are at the moment— The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Wong on a point of order? Senator Wong: I am happy to sit down if the minister is going to get to the point. I had a point on direct relevance because Senator Urquhart put directly to the minister whether or not the Australian government was responsible for protecting residents through infection control guidelines, healthcare safety and quality standards. But I'm happy to withdraw it if he's going to get to that point. The PRESIDENT: I am listening to the answer. I have to admit that at this point I am in no way willing to rule it's not directly relevant 18 seconds in. I do consider the material he was talking about to be relevant, but I will continue to listen. Senator Colbeck. Senator COLBECK: One of the more pre-emptive points of order I've ever heard. The Australian government is primarily responsible for funding and regulation of the aged-care sector, and part of that regulatory process is a number of standards which aged-care providers are responsible for meeting. That includes management of infection control and a range of other measures. There are 44 items that have to be complied with in the standards, and we regulate and assess all aged-care providers across the country to ensure that they do meet those standards. Of course, we have processes to deal with them if they don't. (Time expired)