Senator McKENZIE (Victoria—Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience, Minister for Regionalisation, Regional Communications and Regional Education and Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) (14:06): Love to all the regional and rural MPs in the coalition. In Senator Wong's earlier contribution to the Senate, she spoke about targets and quotas. I've been on the public record as wanting to see a cabinet and a parliament full of as many regional and rural MPs and senators as possible, because rural and regional people—the most marginalised in this country, the poorest in this country—need strong representation. The PRESIDENT: Senator McKenzie, please resume your seat. Senator Wong? Senator Wong: Mr President, I raise a point of order on direct relevance. I hardly think it can possibly be directly relevant to refer to a two-minute statement I gave about women in the context of a question in question time about regional representation. The PRESIDENT: On the point of order, Senator Canavan? Senator Canavan: Mr President, with all respect, that is not a point of order at all. That is absolutely a debating point that the minister has every right to raise in this place in the context of the answer she is giving. The PRESIDENT: I believe the minister was discussing regional and rural representation in the parliament and her answer was directly relevant. Minister McKenzie, did you have anything further to add? Senator McKENZIE: I have 30 seconds more to extol the benefits of being a rural and regional MP in a very successful and strong coalition that has delivered for rural and regional Australia for a decade. I mentioned some of my Liberal colleagues, who are very proud, strong advocates for the regions, who joined with the National Party when this place was discussing climate change policy at another time. They actually stood up against the Labor Party— (Time expired)