Senator HUME (Victoria—Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy and Minister for Women's Economic Security) (14:31): The ABC's funding is more certain than that of any other news-gathering or media organisation in Australia. In fact, the news media bargaining code bill, which passed this chamber on 25 February 2021, implemented the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code which has allowed the ABC to reach an agreement— The PRESIDENT: Senator Griff on a point of order? Senator Griff: It's on direct relevance. My question solely related to the enhanced news-gathering budget being outside of the core ABC budget. The PRESIDENT: I'm listening to the minister's answer. I don't believe I can yet bring her back to the question. You have brought her back to part of the question. Minister, you have the call. You have 36 seconds remaining. Senator HUME: Senator Griff, what I wanted to say is that the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code and the commercial agreements that have been negotiated between Google, Meta and the ABC have now allowed the ABC—and they have publicly committed to this—to use any of those funds from those agreements to support regional journalism specifically. On 5 November 2021, the ABC unveiled plans for major investment in regional and rural broadcasting and journalism, using the proceeds from its agreement with Google— (Time expired)