Mr ANDREWS (Menzies—Minister for Social Services) (15:01): I thank the member for Herbert for his question and commend him on the fine representation of the people of Townsville and surrounding areas that he brings to this House. I can confirm for him, and for his pensioners, that the energy supplement will continue to be paid to pensioners and, indeed, to all current recipients of the energy supplement—that is, $361 for singles and $542 for couples. In addition, as the member asked, the pension will continue to increase in March and September of each year and so too will the pensioner supplement continue to be paid. That is worth some $1,635 for singles and $2,464 for couples. Of course, that does not stop the ALP from misleading about these things. First of all, we had Senator Cameron claiming that pensioners in the future would not receive a payment they do not even get. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: There will be silence on my left. Mr ANDREWS: That was from Senator Cameron. But now we have other members— Ms MacTiernan interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Perth will desist. Mr ANDREWS: of the opposition. On Sunday, the member for Batman put out a tweet. Honourable members interjecting— Mr ANDREWS: Yes, he put out a tweet along with a poster in which claimed he that pensioners will lose money. He said that pensioners would lose $350 a year if single and $530 if a couple. I looked carefully at this poster. And who is it authorised by? It is authorised by Jenny Macklin. Ah! The member for Jagajaga has authorised this poster. It is simply wrong. This is another misleading claim from the opposition. First of all— Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The minister will resume his seat. I have said there is a general warning. The next person to break it will leave the chamber immediately—no matter if it is the Leader of Opposition. Mr ANDREWS: This is wrong. Firstly, the rates are over a year old or 18 months out of date. Secondly, pensioners are not losing the energy supplement; they will continue to be paid it. The opposition cannot even get their basic information right. And then I saw that it had been retweeted by the former member for Eden-Monaro. Remember the former member for Eden-Monaro, Dr Kelly? He has retweeted it. What is he doing now? He is an adviser to the Leader of the Opposition. So I say to the member for Jagajaga that she should correct her colleagues about the facts; the Leader of the Opposition should reprimand his staff; the member for Batman should correct the record and not seek to mislead older Australians; and the Australian Labor Party should stop misleading pensioners.