Mr ABBOTT (Warringah—Prime Minister) (14:28): The Leader of the Opposition, if I may say so, should get his facts right. Pensions are not being cut, but after the next election, if this government is re-elected, pensions will grow at a somewhat slower rate because they will be indexed to CPI rather than male total average weekly earnings. Ms Macklin: Madam Speaker, on a point of order, I seek leave to table the page from the budget that shows how much you are taking out of pensioners. Government members interjecting— Ms Macklin: I can do it whenever I like! The SPEAKER: The member for Jagajaga is abusing the standing orders. You know perfectly well that you may not stand at the dispatch box simply to have an argument. You know perfectly well. Mr ABBOTT: The most compassionate thing that we can do for the pensioners of Australia is to ensure that pensions are sustainable and that our social services budget is sustainable. Ms Butler interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Griffith will remove herself under standing order 94(a). The member for Griffith then left the chamber. Mr Burke: On a point of order, Madam Speaker: do you recognise that that makes it 100 people ejected from this side of the House and no-one from the other side of the House in the time you have been Speaker? Do you really think that is the way to conduct the parliament? The SPEAKER: I would simply say to the Manager of Opposition Business, if you had 100 members you would be in government and sitting on this side. You simply have some recurrent offenders. Believe me, I look equally to my right. Mr ABBOTT: I reiterate the point that the most compassionate thing we can do for the pensioners of Australia is to ensure that pensions are sustainable over the long term. That is exactly what we have done. There has not been and will not be any change to pensions in this term of parliament. We have been very up-front with the pensioners of Australia about what we think should happen to pensions in 2017, and if people do not like that they will have the opportunity to vote accordingly at the next election.