Mr ABBOTT (Warringah—Prime Minister) (14:45): Yet again, the Leader of the Opposition is simply wrong. Pensions go up every single year. They go up not once but twice every single year. Next month pensions will go up, as they always go up every September. Mr Champion: Not by the same rate. The SPEAKER: The member for Wakefield is warned! Mr ABBOTT: Next March pensions will go up, as they always go up every March. Every September pensions will go up. Every March pensions will go up. The Leader of the Opposition should stop running around the country scaring people with lies. That is what the Leader of the Opposition is doing—he is running around the country scaring people with lies. He should stop doing it. Mr Shorten interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition will desist his chatter. Mr ABBOTT: What he should have said to the lady that he spoke to is not only will pensions continue to go up every six months under this government but this government has abolished the carbon tax. It has kept the carbon tax compensation, so the average household is $550 a year better off thanks to this government. This is a government which keeps its commitments. This is a government which delivers a better deal for all Australians, including pensioners and war pensioners. Mr Shorten: Madam Speaker— Mr ABBOTT: I am very happy to occupy this if it stops you from telling more of your outrageous fibs. The SPEAKER: I call the honourable member for Mallee. Mr Shorten: Madam Speaker— The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition, on a point of order? Mr Shorten: Madam Speaker, I seek to table the cuts to veterans' affairs by this promise-breaking Prime Minister. The SPEAKER: Is leave granted? Leave is not granted.