QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator RUSTON (South Australia—Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (14:05): Minister, could you please explain why the Labor Party voted this morning in the chamber against the immediate release of 20,000 home-care packages? The PRESIDENT: I am informed that technically the minister should not be responding to unreported-as-yet proceedings from this morning, but I will invite the minister to contribute to the answer in whatever way she sees fits the portfolio.