Senator RUSTON (South Australia—Minister for Families and Social Services and Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (14:00): First of all, I would reiterate that the government is extending the payments to people who are on unemployment benefits with the extension of the coronavirus supplement from the end of September until Christmas. Any assertion that it is anything other than an extension of a payment is actually false and misleading. As I said yesterday, every single person in this chamber who came in here in March, when we put forward a massive package of reforms— The PRESIDENT: Order. Senator Wong on a point of order? Senator Wong: My point of order is direct relevance. I know the minister is reading from a prepared brief. The question went to the reduction—those were the words used: the 'reduction of JobSeeker'. I ask her to return to the question. The PRESIDENT: That's not a point of direct relevance. Senator Cormann, a point of order? Senator Cormann: One should never mislead the chamber, but certainly one should never mislead the chamber in a point of order. JobSeeker is not being reduced; it's being absolutely not reduced. The coronavirus supplement is being extended, and JobSeeker remains precisely as it was. Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: I'll rule on the point of order when there's silence. This is traditionally a time the opposition values. I'll rule on the point of order. Senator Wong, that goes to the terminology and the substance of an answer, which is a matter for debate. I cannot instruct a minister how to answer a question. The minister is being directly relevant. Senator RUSTON: What I would say is that the assertions that are made by those opposite clearly show that they do not understand what they actually voted for themselves when they were here in this place. Second— Senator Wong interjecting— Senator RUSTON: Senator Wong, I'm quite happy to take that interjection. In fact, I'm quite happy to continue to answer this question without even looking down. But there you go—you can waste as much time as you like in the answering of this question by your interjections. That's entirely up to you. Those opposite show their extraordinary ignorance in their understanding of the budgetary process and the economy if they think that one measure in isolation is going to actually tell them the answer. The impact of the suite of measures that were put in place by our government has enabled this economy to be cushioned through a once-in-a-century pandemic that has totally destroyed the economies of every country around the world. And Australia yesterday demonstrated that despite the fact that Australia and Australians have been significantly impacted by this coronavirus, we have actually fared very well on the basis of the economic stimulus that our government put in place in March to support all Australian individuals and businesses throughout the pandemic. The PRESIDENT: Senator Gallagher, a supplementary question?