Senator PAYNE (New South Wales—Minister for Human Services) (14:20): I thank Senator Stephens for her supplementary question. I think it is very important for the chamber and those opposite to recognise that schools in Australia, no matter what state or territory we are talking about, have not been short-changed. We have met our commitment to provide funding certainty over the next four years from 2014 to 2017. As I said in my previous response, this is $1.2 billion more than schools would have received under the previous government. That is a convenient omission that they continue to make. Senator Wong: Mr President, on relevance: this is the second occasion on which this minister has been specifically asked whether she agrees with the assessment by her colleague Minister Piccoli that schools in regional areas, as well as disadvantaged and Aboriginal students, will be the hardest hit. That is the only question that she was asked in the first supplementary. She has not come close to that question. I ask her to return to the subject matter, which she is trying to avoid, about which she was asked. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order at this stage. I am listening closely to the minister's answer. The minister still has 21 seconds. Senator PAYNE: Thank you, Mr President. I think, if we reflect on the remarks I made previously, we will see that I made it very clear that schools in Australia have not been short-changed. That is an answer to the senator's question.