Senator FIERRAVANTI-WELLS (New South Wales—Minister for International Development and the Pacific) (14:47): I'll take the interjection from Senator Cameron—at least we're looking after pensioners, not like what you want to do with your hand in the old pocket. Those people have worked very, very hard for their retirement and you want to go in there and take the money out of their pockets. Opposition senators interjecting— Senator FIERRAVANTI-WELLS: Yes, tell us about it! As for self-employed people, the good news is that our budget measures will extend the work bonus to include earnings from self-employment. Extending the work bonus to the self-employed will improve the consistency and equity of work bonus arrangements. This change will benefit, for the first time, pensioners of age pension age who currently receive the maximum rate and cannot access the existing scheme. It is fair that self-employed pensioners who earn income from actual engagement in gainful work should be able to access the work bonus in the same manner as other pensioners who work.