QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WALSH (Victoria—Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth) (14:59): Well, our government's new Commonwealth prac payment started on 1 July 2025, and it will support around 68,000 eligible higher education students to complete their practical training each year. It will support a whole lot more students than how many you wanted it to support, which was zero.

Senator Colbeck: A point of order on direct relevance: my question was not how many students do qualify. How many students don't qualify? The PRESIDENT: The minister is being relevant to the question.

Minister Walsh? Okay, second supplementary, Senator Colbeck?