Senator COLBECK (Tasmania—Minister for Sport and Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services) (14:15): As a part of our response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety report, the government has announced a workforce registration program across all of the aged-care system as a part of the reforms that we announced in the budget, so we have acknowledged that that's required and we are working to ensure that that actually is the case. It is an important thing for us to understand. We have— The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Colbeck, I have Senator Wong on a point of order. Senator Wong: My point of order is direct relevance. We didn't ask about the announcement; we asked about the implementation. The PRESIDENT: You have reminded the minister of that part of the question. There were other parts after it, but it did all refer to that particular program. I don't believe I can rule the minister not being directly relevant when he's talking about the actual program. That goes to the content of the answer, which can be debated after question time. Senator Colbeck to continue. Senator COLBECK: Thank you, Mr President. We have conducted a number of processes and consultations with the aged-care sector to ensure that we have a system in place that is effective and has the attributes that we want. The royal commission made a recommendation with respect to a certain form of registration process. We didn't accept that recommendation. We are going to utilise a system that currently exists so that we can get it up and operational as quickly as possible.