Senator PAYNE (New South Wales—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women) (14:32): I'm very disappointed that those opposite do not seem to support the inclusion of Townsville, Hobart, Darwin and Adelaide. I'm deeply disappointed by that, because that would seem to not be particularly representative of their obligations as senators in this place— The PRESIDENT: Order, Senator Payne. I have Senator Wong on a point of order. Senator Wong: The point of order is direct relevance. The question isn't what the opposition's position is. The question is why the government took these locations out, then put them back in. It's a very simple proposition. The minister might want to obfuscate by creating straw people arguments, but the question is, with your announcement, why were they taken out and then re-added? The PRESIDENT: On the point of order, it is not directly relevant to be making observations about the motives of those asking questions. It is, however, directly relevant if the minister is talking about the determination of the locations. I can't instruct her to inspect a premise, but it is not directly relevant to assign a motive to the people asking a question. Senator PAYNE: I believe that I had said to the chamber that, after further consultation with the airlines and industry and advice from Austrade, Townsville, Hobart, Darwin and Adelaide have been added to the initial rollout list. What I don't understand is why those opposite don't support that. Why don't they support Townsville, Hobart, Darwin and Adelaide? The PRESIDENT: Order, Senator Payne. I have Senator Wong on a point of order. Senator Wong: The point of order is direct relevance, Mr President. You have just made a ruling that assignation of motive does not meet the direct relevance rule, and then the minister immediately goes to assigning motive. I'd ask you to pull her into order. The PRESIDENT: Senator Payne, on the point of order? Senator Payne: On the point of order, Mr President, what I said immediately after your ruling was: after further consultation with the airlines, industry and advice from Austrade, Townsville, Hobart, Darwin and Adelaide had been added to the initial rollout list. I'm very happy to keep saying that. The PRESIDENT: On the point of order— Senator Watt interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Watt, I'm trying to rule on your leader's point of order. The move from relevance to direct relevance has always been interpreted to contain the nature of an answer. When ministers answer a question, further material that is provided, in my view, still needs to be directly relevant and to meet that test. I can't instruct a minister to accept the premise of a question, however. So the minister can answer in the terms that a minister deems fit. But it isn't appropriate to assign a motive to a person asking the question. Senator Payne? You have concluded your answer. Senator Chisholm, a final supplementary question?