Senator FARRELL (South Australia—Minister for Trade and Tourism, Special Minister of State and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:06): I thank the senator for her question. It's incredible that a government that so failed Australians on the issue of vaccination is now raising issues about how we are rolling out the vaccination program. You failed to close the borders when you should have. You failed to order enough vaccinations. I know you're shaking your head, Senator Birmingham, but that's the absolute truth. Senator Ruston: President, on a point of order on a matter of relevance: I was specifically asking in relation to the current wave of COVID in aged-care facilities and how the government intends to ensure that residents are vaccinated. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Ruston. I will remind the minister of the question. I call the minister again. Senator FARRELL: Look, this opposition still doesn't understand why they lost the last election. They lost the last election because they failed the people of Australia on— The PRESIDENT: Minister, please resume your seat. Senator Ruston. Senator Ruston: President, I would draw to your attention that I believe that the minister is being wholly, completely and utterly irrelevant to the question, not just being not relevant, and I would ask you to draw his attention to the question. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Ruston. The minister has 15 seconds to go. Minister. Senator FARRELL: At every stage of this vaccination process, the opposition, which was then the government, was simply too slow— The PRESIDENT: Minister, please resume your seat. Senator Birmingham. Senator Birmingham: President, on the question of direct relevance, you do have within your power the ability to draw the minister to the question. The question was precisely about what this government's plans are. The minister has spent the entirety of the answer talking about the previous government. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Birmingham. Please resume your seat. You will note that I did draw the minister to the question. Senator Birmingham interjecting— The PRESIDENT: I'm not asking you to debate. I did draw the minister back to the question, not the last time Senator Ruston stood up, but the time before that. I directly drew the minister back to the question. Minister, please continue. Senator FARRELL: And I answered the question directly. But, look, you have to understand— (Time expired)